A field study diagnosed the psychological and scientific problems of Kuwait University students and shed light on their causes and ways to address them, and concluded with 9 basic recommendations, including establishing a mental health clinic at the university, developing teaching methods, and solving the people’s problem.
The study, titled ‘Some Psychological and Scientific Problems among Kuwait University Students’. conducted by the Center for Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies, concluded that there are 10 psychological problems, most notably anxiety, insomnia, fear of the future, inability to take decisions and psychological pressures, and 11 scientific problems, most notably the lack of knowledge of some faculty members who adopt effective teaching strategies, monopolization of university courses by some, high student density, few study people, and the absence of the role of the academic advisor.
Among the most prominent recommendations concluded by the study, are the necessity to establish a mental health clinic at the university, solving the problem of the people, training professors on effective teaching methods, preparing psychological counseling programs for students to deal with the long-term psychological effects of the pandemic, and urging professors to focus on curricula based on creative and critical thinking; avoiding indoctrination and memorization, and evaluating teachers according to an objective standard scale that is actually taken into account.
The aim of the study was to reveal the problems that students face from their point of view, in order to address them by developing strategic plans, in addition to improving the quality of academic education, developing indicative preventive programs, and providing research data that can be used in conducting further research.