The article deals with the problems of prevention and correction of adolescents’ deviant behaviour, various scientific approaches to solve the problems, the role of an educational psychologists in the prevention and correction of deviant behaviour of adolescent children.

The article deals with the concept of emotional intelligence as a structure-forming component of the future teacher’s psychological culture. The paper substantiates the need to develop this personal quality in future teachers, as well as its importance for successful professional activity. The article analyses the structural components of emotional intelligence in the personal sphere of future teachers. The study provides empirical material for the primary cross-section of diagnostics of emotional intelligence in the personality structure of future teachers.