A latent profile analysis of aggression and prosocial behavior in relation to adolescent wellbeing

• Author(s): Carvalhais, Lénia ; Vagos, Paula
• Date: 2025
• Persistent ID: Carvalhais, L., & Vagos, P. (2025). A latent profile analysis of aggression and prosocial behavior in relation to adolescent wellbeing. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1545055, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1545055. Repositório Institucional UPT. https://hdl.handle.net/11328/6447
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade Portucalense
• Subject(s): aggressive behaviors; prosocial behaviors; subjective wellbeing; adolescents; latent profile analysis; Ciências Sociais - Psicologia
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English

Description

Aggressive and prosocial behaviors have often been addressed as opposing constructs, namely in their opposite association with subjective wellbeing. Alternatively, the Resource Control Theory assumes that individuals may resort to both aggressive and prosocial behaviors as strategic ways to obtain individual and social resources, which are particularly relevant in adolescence. This bistrategic use of social behaviors may be particularly noticeable when considering the overt and indirect forms of aggression but these forms have not been considered before in relation to prosociality.