Abstract
Two hundred and fifty two children aged between nine and thirteen years of age were classified according to their refractive error, based on static retinos-copy. Anxiety was determined using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Junior (EPQ), and a subjective rating given by each child's teacher. Multiple regression analysis revealed no significant relationship between refractive error and anxiety for the whole population. A significant relationship was found for the female subpopulation where there was a trend for hyperopes to manifest more anxiety, but this effect was produced by a single extreme subject. A comparison of the 25 myopes in the sample and 25 randomly selected control children revealed no differences between the groups on personality variables related to anxiety.
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