Creativity as necessary condition of self-updating of the personality

In the article self-updating of the identity of the teenager which is means of its creative self-expression is considered. Creativity is defined as the activity generating something qualitatively new and different originality, originality and socially unique uniqueness. Also results of the conducted pilot research which passed on the basis of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation Vladikavkaz branch and the Republican Center of Social Rehabilitation of minors are given in the article.