Analisis of psychological literature on the psychological peculiarities of
teenagers and the results of the author's questionnaire made it possible to
outline a comparative characteristic of teenagers of the 70-80-s and teena
gers of today. It has been found out that the social-econonomic changes of
the last years in Russia lead to great changes in social-psychological port
rait of a modem teenager. Knowing of this change is considered as a conditi
on of creating of educative programs for teenagers and of correctional-deve
loping work with them.