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Participants were 804 children (70.8% male; aged 49\u201389\u00a0months) referred by their teachers for cognitive, emotional, or behavioral problems at school. To assess psychopathology, teachers completed the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). EF measures included inhibition, cognitive flexibility, working memory, sustained attention, and episodic memory, assessed using the NIH Toolbox, Automated Working Memory Assessment, and the Amsterdam Neuropsychological Test battery.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S003329172610508X_sec3\" sec-type=\"results\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Structural equation modeling (incorporating confirmatory factor analysis) showed reasonable model fit and supported a P-Factor structure. Correlational analyses explored EF\u2013psychopathology associations, followed by a sensitivity analysis controlling for sex. We observed patterns of cognitive processes that showed inverse associations between EF performance and specific clinical problems. Sustained attention was positively associated with emotional problems but negatively associated with hyperactivity problems. Sex-stratified analyses revealed distinct patterns, with inhibition problems strongly linked to conduct and hyperactivity problems, but in females only.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S003329172610508X_sec4\" sec-type=\"conclusions\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The findings support poor EF as a transdiagnostic risk factor associated with incremental vulnerability for childhood psychopathology. Divergent findings for sustained attentional processes suggest they can be adaptive in some contexts but maladaptive in others. 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