The Self-Figure Drawing Emotional Abuse Index: A Preliminary Convergent Validity Study with Teacher-Reported Neglect and Psychological Adjustment in Italian Children

Background/Objectives: Emotional abuse and neglect remain comparatively understudied forms of child maltreatment, and non-verbal screening tools such as the Self-Figure Drawing (SFD) have rarely been examined outside their original cultural contexts. This study provided a preliminary test of the convergent validity of the SFD emotional abuse (EA) index with independent teacher-report indicators of neglect and psychological adjustment in an Italian community sample.