The purpose of this study is to explore the traumatic exposed/abused child in the normal Japanese families investigating the internal image of the family and comparing such image between traumatic exposed/abused child and non traumatic/abused one.
Fifty eight Japanese elementary school students undergone both TSCC-A questionnaire (Traumatic Symptom check list for children) and K.F.D. Drawing (Kinetic family Drawing).
Our results showed; Low percentage of traumatic exposed children in normal families, very high indication of child abuse (child emotional neglect), disturbed family images (lack of family communications and dynamic relationships) and there are no significant differences between TSCC-A profiles regarding the family image in the K.F.D
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