Psychological effects of physical and emotional abuse of teachers to intermediate students in Kuwait.

Abstract
Teachers' abusive behavior toward students can be based on various reasons that can be different in each premise. This is due to personality factors, internal issues, and the environment leading teachers towards abuse and violence. The aim of the current study was to find out the effects of teacher abuse on the mental health of intermediate students. The study has adopted a mixed methodology to reach outcomes. For both qualitative and quantitative approaches, the primary data is collected. The qualitative data is collected through interviews with teachers as a sample size of 103 teachers was selected to collect responses. The quantitative data collection was followed by the survey questionnaire, and a sample size of 167 participants (students) was selected. The simple random sampling strategy was applied for both types of primary data collection that is due to the flexibility, least discrimination, and unbiased nature of the sampling strategy. The results indicated that teacher abuse has a negative impact on mental health and that students face health issues, including anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. These can turn into long-term impacts on students' life and career. The teachers are aware of their misconduct in most of the institutions, but they are using this methodology due to lacking resources, inadequate funds, lacking training, awareness about the future aspects of abuse, underpaid teachers, and student behavior in the classroom. The teacher conduct can be managed by the management and policy development in the education institution.