Abstract

MARTINEZ GONZALEZ, Agustín Ernesto; INGLES SAURA, Cándido; PIQUERAS RODRIGUEZ, José Antonio  and  OBLITAS GUADALUPE, Luis Armando. Role of prosocial behavior and social relationships in mental and physical well-being of adolescents. Av. Psicol. Latinoam. [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.1, pp.74-84. ISSN 1794-4724.

The finding about the role of prosocial behaviour in mental and physical well-being of adolescents have a very clear set of implications in different areas. From our point of view, the biggest impact of this evidence should be given in education. Thus, there is an increasing agreement on the need to encourage in the secondary schools prosocial behaviour styles based on the assertiveness, in order to prevent the occurrence of violent behaviors (gender violence, etc.), and encourage prosocial behaviors with health benefits. In this regard, we consider interesting to outline the implementation, in the curricula of primary and secondary education, of a new content, which teaches transversely specific skills related to prosocial behavior and the development of emotional intelligence in children and adolescents.

Keywords : prosocial behavior; social relationships; well-being; adolescents.

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