TY - JOUR KW - Aggressive Behaviour KW - Prosocial Behaviour KW - upbringing KW - Structure of the Personalty KW - Emotional i Stability AU - Ana M. Tur AU - Mª Vicenta Mestre AU - Mª Victoria del Barrio AB - The research done on a sample of 531 teenagers of ages ranging between 12 and 16, representative of the general population, has two objectives: first, to analyze the relationship that can be established between the prosocial and aggressive behavior and the emotional stability. Second, to study the influence that they have upon structural factors of the personality related to the upbringing, and the prosocial disposition of the subject. Hence, the results show that the emotional stability constitutes a fundamental factor to establish relations of empathy and positiveness with the environment Likewise, emotional stability is a factor in physical and verbal manifestations. Moreover, within the structure of the personality, the most important factors are Friendship and Conscience as far as altruistic and prosocial conducts are concerned. The factor of Friendship evaluates the capacity to empathize and cooperate before the needs of others. The aptitude of conscience evaluates the capacity to persevere and reorganize behavior. IS - 1 M3 - Journal article N2 - The research done on a sample of 531 teenagers of ages ranging between 12 and 16, representative of the general population, has two objectives: first, to analyze the relationship that can be established between the prosocial and aggressive behavior and the emotional stability. Second, to study the influence that they have upon structural factors of the personality related to the upbringing, and the prosocial disposition of the subject. Hence, the results show that the emotional stability constitutes a fundamental factor to establish relations of empathy and positiveness with the environment Likewise, emotional stability is a factor in physical and verbal manifestations. Moreover, within the structure of the personality, the most important factors are Friendship and Conscience as far as altruistic and prosocial conducts are concerned. The factor of Friendship evaluates the capacity to empathize and cooperate before the needs of others. The aptitude of conscience evaluates the capacity to persevere and reorganize behavior. PB - Sociedad Española para el Estudio de la Ansiedad y el Estrés PY - 2004 SN - 2174-0437/1134-7937 SP - 75 EP - 88 T2 - Ansiedad y Estrés TI - Moderating factors in aggressive and prosocial behaviour. The effects of breeding habits in adolescent behaviours VL - 10 ER -