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3. Introduction
CHAPTER THREE
AN EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT LOGOTHERAPEUTIC TESTS
Different tests have originated elapso tempore when logotherapeunc influences have
startingto spread. However, the three most widelyused tests are the so-calledPIL­
test (the Purpose in Life test), the SONG-test (the Seekingofnoetic goalstest), and
the LOGO-test. A brief discussion and evaluation ofthese three major logotherapeu­
tic tests will assist us in better assessing the therapeutic value ofthis type ofinterven­
tion. Otherlogotherapeutic tests will also get brief attention.
Franklwas normally eagerto showthat logotherapy has more than just li-theoretical­
philosophical basis, namely, that its major tenets about a will-to-meaning, the moti­
vationto find meaning-in-life, and existential-vacuum can be measured and validated
through research, even with the most sophisticated researchmethods and statistical
procedures (Guttmann 1996:174). The three different mentioned tests are widely
used todayby logotherapists,
Very oftenthese tests are normally administered before therapy starts in order to eva­
luate the "state ofmind"ofthe client/patient. Then, in the lightofthe test results a
specific logotherapeutic techniqueis implemented to start with the "healingpro­
cess." Thismeans that the tests and the consequenttechniques very often cannot be
separatedbecause the tests assist in the therapeutical process, or even determine the
methodor aid that is goingto be used. Therefore,the interrelationship between tests
and techniques cannot be overlooked and ignored.
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