This article discusses the specific features of adolescence. Psychological and pedagogical literature on the problem of personality traits in adolescence is analyzed. Special emphasis is placed on scientists who have studied personality traits in adolescence and their theories.

The article highlights the role and importance of family and family upbringing methods in the development of the child’s personality. It also reveals the main factors of family upbringing in the formation of deviant behavior in the child’s personality. In particular, the analysis of scientific theoretical data on the authority of parents in the family, the methods and techniques used in the process of upbringing, the formation of deviant behavior in the adolescent.