AIM:To study the effect of psychogenic problems on therapeutic efficacy of hyperopic amblyopia and compare the manifestations of psychological behavior in various therapeutic efficacy of hyperopic amblyopia .METHODS: Totally 29 children who had failed to respond to amblyopia treatment and 116 control children with satisfactory therapeutic efficacy of amblyopia were collected. Their parents completed two psychological evaluation with the Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL ) and the Conners Rating Scales(Parent Symptom Questionnaire, PSQ). Each groups had been divided into two groups by gender. t-test was used to compare children with various therapeutic efficacy.RESULTS: The group failed to respond to amblyopia treatment had more psychogenic problems than the control group. Both girls and boys had the problems of attention concentrating,learning and impulsivity-hyperactivity. While the girls had the problems of withdrawn,social scales and social competence, the boys had the problems of aggressive behavior,thought and psychosomatic disorder.CONCLUSION: This study shows that children’s psychosocial behavior can affect therapeutic efficacy of hyperopic amblyopia.