Nina Kravchenko

The article continues the cycle of works on research of mental health of teacher in the conditions of crisis in education and the development of a methodology to measure it. The author, using the technique of objec-tive measurements, proves the validity of his hypothesis about the relationship between mental health of teachers and the increasing aggressiveness of the students.

Within the framework of the theory of latent variables, the latent variable “physical aggression of teenagers” is measured on a linear scale. It is shown that the used set of indicators (questionnaire points) allows measuring both low, and high level of teenagers’ physical aggression. The analysis of teenagers’ physical aggression depending on grade and gender of teenagers is carried out. The analysis of variance has shown that on the average young men are more aggressive, than girls are. However, there is no statistically significant difference on an investigated latent variable between classes.

In the article the facts proving the urgency of the problem of mental health in education. Discusses a study that burnout acts as a determinant of personal values and mental ill health of teachers.