Keller, A., Ford, L. H., & Meacham, J. A. (1978). Dimensions of self-concept in preschool children. Developmental Psychology, 14(5), 483-489.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.14.5.483
Self-descriptive data from 48 3-, 4-, and 5-yr-olds indicated the salience of activity as a dimension of the preschooler's self-concept. Inspection of responses to the 2 most unstructured measures (open-ended question and sentence completion) yielded 9 response categories: actions, relationships, body image, possessions, personal labels, gender, age, evaluation, and personal characteristics and preferences; only responses in the action category showed relatively high frequency and stabilty. All age groups also showed significantly greater preference for action- than for body-referent statements. (17 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)