The study of the process of self-affirmation of the personality of adolescents allows us to speak about the relevance of this phenomenon in the interests of improving the effectiveness of team leaders to unite the latter and solve educational tasks. The purpose of the study was to study the features of self-affirmation of adolescent children. The author of the article considers the historical aspects of studying the psychological features of self-assertion, analyzes the conditions and opportunities for the manifestation and approval of a person’s individuality. The article substantiates the position that the success of self-affirmation is more related to the satisfaction of a person’s need to assess his /her activity, behavior, and personal qualities from the social environment than to the dissatisfaction of this need.

The paper examines the psychological characteristics of adolescence. By self-affirmation of adolescents, the author understands the awareness of their personal significance, the level of their claims, and the formation of an adequate self-esteem. The author believes that the realization of the need for self-affirmation in adolescents is associated with two main conditions: the presence of a certain sphere of activity that will allow the teenager to fully Express and reveal himself; the presence of public recognition of his activities by others.