Aggressive and prosocial behaviors in adolescents from the department of Cordoba, Colombia
E. P. Ruiz Gonzalez, M. N. Muñoz Argel

TL;DR
The study found that prosocial behaviors in adolescents from Córdoba, Colombia, are negatively linked to aggressive behaviors, suggesting a potential for reducing aggression through promoting prosocial actions.
Contribution
The study provides empirical evidence of a negative correlation between prosocial and aggressive behaviors in Colombian adolescents.
Findings
A statistically significant negative correlation (-0.197) was found between prosocial and aggressive behaviors.
As prosocial behaviors increase, aggressive behaviors tend to decrease in adolescents.
The findings support the potential for intervention strategies to reduce aggression through prosocial promotion.
Abstract
Prosocial behaviors are voluntary behaviors that are performed for the benefit of other people and promote harmonious relationships with others. This type of enhanced behavior could reduce physical and verbal aggressive acts in adolescents. analyze the association between aggressive and prosocial behaviors in adolescents The study was non-experimental of a transactional - correlational type, two evaluation instruments validated in the context were applied to 500 adolescents attending school in the department of Córdoba. The type of sampling was non-probabilistic. A Pearson correlation was performed, previously verifying the normality of the data, which showed a statistically significant, negative association between the prosocial behaviors and the aggressive behaviors of those evaluated (Table 1). Table 1:Correlation between prosocial behavior and aggressive behavior.PROSOCIAL…
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Taxonomy
TopicsHealth and Lifestyle Studies · Social Skills and Education
