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February 23, 2026Current PsychologyOpen Access

Externalizing and internalizing problems in elementary school: gender, sociometric status and latent profile analysis

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SPSara Piñeiro-DosilUniversidade de Santiago de CompostelaMÁMaría Álvarez-VocesOCOlalla CutrínUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis examines the link between sociometric status and psychological problems in children, suggesting identification of at-risk groups for intervention.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore the relationship between sociometric status, internalizing, and externalizing problems among elementary school children, with a focus on gender differences.
  • Cross-sectional data collected from 223 school-aged children in NW Spain.
  • Assessment of sociometric status to understand peer group relationships.
  • Latent profile analysis used to identify profiles based on symptom combinations.
  • Gender differences were identified in internalizing problems and sociometric statuses.
  • Four profiles emerged: Internalizing, Normative, Externalizing, and Comorbid.
  • Rejected sociometric status correlated with a higher likelihood of Comorbid symptomatology.
  • Average sociometric status was associated with both Internalizing and Externalizing profiles.

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Piñeiro-Dosil et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699bee551c6c6bad5397ff06https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-025-08641-x
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