The objectives of the study were: (1) To find out the differential effects of socio-psychological variables on the vocational maturity between adolescents of academic and vocational streams. (2) To compare the level of vocational maturity of adolescents of academic and vocational streams. 

The hypotheses of the study were: (1) Adolescents having high socio-economic status will be more vocationally mature than adolescents belonging to low socio-economic status irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (2) Adolescents having high score on family environment scale will be more vocationally mature than adolescents having low score on family environment scale irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (3) Female adolescents will be more vocationally mature than male adolescents irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (4) Adolescents of 10+2 class will be more vocationally mature than adolescents of 10+1 class irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (5) Adolescents scoring high on intelligence will be more vocationally mature than low scorer irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (6) Adolescents scoring high on achievement motivation will be more vocationally mature than low scorer irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (7) Adolescents scoring higher on personality factors, viz., Factor A, Factor B, Factor C, Factor E, Factor F, Factor G, Factor H, Factor N, Factor Q1, Q4, and Factor Q3 will be more vocationally mature than low scorer irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (8) Adolescents scoring lower on personality factors, viz., Factor I, Factor L, Factor M, Factor O and Factor Q4 will be more vocationally mature than high scorer irrespective of academic and vocational streams. (9) There will be significant difference in the level of vocational maturity of adolescents belonging to academic and vocational streams and difference will be in favor of adolescents of vocational streams. 

An Indian Adoption of Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) by Gupta, Group Test of General Mental Ability by Tandon, An Indian Adoption of 16 PF Questionnaire by Kapoor and Tripathi, Rao Achievement Test, Family Environment Scale by Moos and Moos, and Socio-Economic Status Scale by Kulshrestha were used for data collection.

The data were analyzed with the help of t-test. 

The findings of the study were: (1) The SES did not significantly affect the level of vocational maturity of adolescents of academic as well as vocational stream. (2) In both the streams (academic and vocational) vocational maturity of adolescents living in rich family environment was significantly higher as compared to the vocational maturity of adolescents living in poor family environment. (3) Significant difference existed in the vocational maturity of female and male adolescents of academic stream as well as vocational stream. In both the stream differences were in favor of female. (4) The adolescents of 10+2 class scored significantly higher on vocational maturity scale as compared to adolescents of 10+1 class. (5) In both the streams, adolescents of high intellectual ability scored significantly higher on vocational maturity as compared to adolescents of intellectual ability. (6) Insignificant differences were found in the vocational maturity of high and low achievement motivation groups in case of both streams. (7) Of personality factors, viz., A, B, C, E, F, G, H, N, Q1, Q2, and Q3, only personality factors i.e., A, B, C, H, and Q1 were significantly affecting the vocational maturity of adolescents of both streams. (8) Out of 5 personality factors, viz., I, L, M, O and Q4, adolescents scoring low only 3 personality factors viz., M, O and Q4 were at higher level of vocational maturity as compared to other group which scored higher on these personality factors. (9) Vocational maturity of adolescents of academic stream was significantly higher as compared to their counter parts in vocational streams.