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In this study, 677 rural-based left-behind children (average age 11.7 \u00b1 1.58 years) in Hunan Province, China, were recruited and assessed using the Rural Left-behind Children\u2019s Psychological Capital Questionnaire and the Children\u2019s Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. We found that psychological capital was divided into three latent profiles: high (43.3% of the sample), medium (46.1%), and low (10.6%). Compared to the other two types, the children with low psychological capital returned higher scores for emotional symptoms, conduct disorder, hyperactivity and impulsivity, and peer-interaction problems, but lower prosocial behavior scores. Meanwhile, examination of the effects of gender and grade found that most of the elementary school students had high psychological capital, and that there was no significant difference among the groups in regard to gender. 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