Running head: YOUNG CHILDREN’S PSYCHOLOGICAL SELVES Young Children’s Psychological Selves: Convergence with Maternal Reports of Child Personality

The present research examined 5-year-old children’s psychological self-concepts. Nonlinear Factor Analysis was used to model the latent structure of the Children’s SelfView Questionnaire (CSVQ; Eder, 1990), a measure of children’s self-concepts. The coherence and reliability of the emerging factor structure indicated that young children are capable of meaningfully reporting about their own emotions and personalities. Moreover, these self-reports from 5-year-olds converged with maternal perceptions of child personality. Results are discussed in terms of their implications for the study of emergent personality, continuity/discontinuity in personality assessment across the lifespan, and self-concept formation in early childhood.