Effect of Creativity on "Science and Technology" as Career Preference of Senior Secondary School Students

Author(s)	Ms. Kumari Bimlesh, Dr. Monika Sood
Country	India
Abstract	The present study investigated the impact of creativity on “Science & Technology” career preference among Senior Secondary school students from Government schools in Himachal Pradesh, with Gender and Personality (extroversion) as variables. A sample of 360 Class XII students was administered Baqer Mehdi's Verbal Test of Creative Thinking and a standardized Career Preference Scale, using a 2×3×2 ANOVA to examine effects on creativity. The results showed a significant effect of creativity (F=36.815, p<0.01), with average creative students (M=57.31) showing the highest preference, followed by highly creative (M=49.64) and not highly creative (M=47.78) groups. Males (M = 52.50) found science careers more attractive than females (M = 50.65; F = 4.664, p <.05), as well as low-extroverts (M =56.04) compared to high-extroverts (M =47.11; F=83.040, p<0:)1). (Moss & Tatum, in press) Specific interactions were found to support more complicated patterns for the low-extrovert male (Holland, 1997; Super, 1990).
Keywords	Creativity, Career Preference, Gender, Personality(Extroversion), Baqer Mehdi's Verbal Test, Career Preference Scale and ANOVA.
Field	Sociology > Education
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 2, March-April 2026
Published On	2026-03-03

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