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naire is easierto understand and to administer than the PIL.
KischandMoody(1989:40-45) concluded in their research ofpsychopathology and
lifepurpose amongst alcoholics, afterusingthe LPQ, thatlow life purposeis related
to neurotic, psychotic and sociopathic variables. They found that their scores sug­
gest,for alcoholics, a lack ofmeaning and purpose.as well as amoderate degreeof
existential depression. Thisquestionnaire is a reflection oflogotherapeutic belief that
peoplemust experience/see and/orattachmeaning to someone/something in order to
be «healthy and mature."
Majer (1992:86-89) found thatthe longerclients (chemically dependentpersons) are
committed to therapy, the greaterthe likelihood to find meaning in life. The longer
logotherapy is administered to the client/patient, the greaterthe score-indication that
the treatment has empowered the subjectto findmeaning and/orpurpose in life.
Froma phenomenological point ofview the subjective emphasis on the individual
(patient/client) that alone can say ifhe/she has meaning and/ora purpose in life, cer­
tainlyis positive. This underlines the logotherapeutic emphasis thatonlythe indivi­
dual can attachmeaning to somebody/something. and thateveryone is creatinghis!
her own"subjective world" in whichmeaning is to be found. The important philoso­
phical beliefthat homo sapiens has the innerabilityand potential to self-transcenden­
ce, no matterhow harshthe circumstances. is figurating behindthese self-introspect
and penetrating statements/questions.
Although the emphasis on the "self", thatreveals"himselfherself" viathese state­
ments in a subjective waywouldbe welcomed from a phenomenological-existential
perspective, the ratherone-sidedfocus on "purpose in life", whileignoring the impor-
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