Objectives:

The present study intend to analyze the relation between personal wellbeing, prosocial capabilities and neurocognitive correlates in a representative sample of adolescents.

Background:
Personal wellbeing is receiving more attention, since the new postulates of the OMS (2001), stablishing that the focus should be not only the absence of problematic but in addition, the quality of life. WIth this regard, adolescence is a developmental stage where problems can emerge and, also, be the starting point for adult disorders.

Materials and Methods:
The final sample included 1509 students from a stratified random cluster study (mean age = 16.1; Sd = 1.36). The instrument included the The Personal Wellbeing index School-Children (PWI-SC), the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, and the University of Pennsylvania Computerized Neuropsychological Test Battery for children (included 14 tasks assessing five neurobehavioral domains: executive functions, episodic memory, complex cognition, social cognition, and sensorimotor speed) were used.

Results and Conclusions:
Subjective wellbeing was related to prosocial behaviours and neurocognitive correlates were found. Understanding the relationship between adolescent wellbeing and different capabilities such as the interpersonal skills could help psychologist and educators to stablish interventions. Adolescent with higher level of wellbeing are less likely to transition to psychological difficulties.

Subjective Well-Being, neurocognitive performance, and prosocial behaviours during adolescence