The article presents the results of a study of the relationship of a teenager’s personal potential with social anxiety and maladaptation, since this age is a sensitive period of personal potential development and vulnerable to the formation of social maladaptation. The study involved 46 older teenagers, students of one of the technical schools of Yekaterinburg, aged 16 to 17 years, the method of study was the psychodiagnostic method. It was revealed that self–efficacy is a predictor of a decrease in social phobia, self-efficacy and control are a decrease in anxiety, pronounced involvement is a predictor of a decrease in depression.