PURPOSE: To evaluate the following psychological aspects of children with developmental glaucoma: immaturity, anxiety, dependence and sociability. METHODS: Fifteen children with developmental glaucoma from the Congenital Glaucoma department and fifteen children without any visual problem were evaluated through the projective technique of free drawing. RESULTS: In the group of children with glaucoma, 66.6% were immature, 86.6% were anxious, 73.3% were dependent and 80% had difficulties in sociability. In the control group, 46.6% were immature, 40% were anxious, 40% were dependent and 33.3% had difficulties in sociability. CONCLUSION: Children with glaucoma were considered more immature, more anxious, more dependent and less sociable than children without any visual problem.
Glaucoma; Child psychology; Child behavior; Child; Case-control studies
