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Vocational Interest is applied Interest. Vocational is a lask in a life to which one is called upon to do by provisions of nature is called for an inclination and necessary attitude for work. Vocational in the way implies by interaction between the individual and the environment related with the work however, the education in part to them is deeply related to Vocational Interest. The study is a factorial one, in which the effect of independent variable can be studied on dependent variable. The selected dependent variable for the study of Vocational Interest, Artistic Interest and independent variable of creativity component is flexibility. Flexibility is a sort of readiness of an individual to change his own behaviour to suit the changing situation. Scholastic Achievement understood by layman or woman is the level of attainment different subjects, which are indicated by marks got by the students (Boys and Girls) and sex (male and female).

The main objectives of study are :- 1) To find out how far creativity component (Flexibility), scholastic Achievement & sex are responsible for promotion or demotion of Vocational Interest (Artistic Interest) in higher secondary students. 2) To study the interaction of the bivariate as well as trivariate independent variable, while they influence the Vocational Interest (Artistic Interest). 3) To deal with two factor analysis high or low.

The null hypothesis of the study are :- 1) If flexibility, scholastic Achievement and sex all the three taken separately are allowed to operate in the set, then they will not affect the Artistic Interest. 2) If flexibility and scholastic Achievement taken together are allowed to operate in the set, then they will not interact, while affecting the Artistic Interest. 3) If flexibility and sex taken together are allowed to operate in the set, then they will not interact, while affecting the Artistic Interest. 4) If scholastic Achievement and sex taken together are allowed to operate in the set, then they will not interact while affecting the Artistic Interest, Flexibility, Scholastic Achievement an Sex.

5) If all the three taken together are allowed to operate in the set, then they will not interact while affecting the Artistic Interest.

160 students of inter classes of both sexes have formed the sample of the present study. 80 male

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Flexibility production is independent variable and Artistic Interest is dependent variable.

i) Creativity test by Bagar Mehdi.

F-Test has been adopted.

The scores for the research paradigm are given below

ANOVA summary indicates that Artistic Interest is more dominant in females, which have low on flexibility and high on scholastic Achievement, so the null hypothesis no. 3 and 4 is rejected at 0.05 & 0.01 level of significance and in other cases null hypothesis is accepted.

1) Flexibility, scholastic Achievement and sex all the three when taken seprately, they do not affect the Artistic Interest. 3) Artistic Interest is more dominant in females which have low on flexibility. 4) Artistic Interest is more dominant in females who are high on scholastic Achievement. 5) Flexibility, scholastic Achievement and sex all the three when taken together they do not affect the Artistic Interest.

1) Aaron, P.G. and Malathesha, R.N. Fluency, Flexibility and Motivation : Jr. of Ed. Psy. Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 7-10, 1977. 2) Atkinson, J.W., A Theory of Achievement Motivation willey N.Y. 1966. 3) Bhardwaj, S.B.L., Vocational Interest Patterns of prospective Teachers of High Secondary School in Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Unpub. Ph.D. Thesis, 1960. 4) Berdied, R.F., Fators Related to Vocational Interests Psychol. Bull. Vol. 41, 3, 1944, 137-140.