一部 大學生의 靈因性 神經症

Noogenic Neurosis in Some College Students in Korea

The purpose of this study is to confirm noogenic neurosis, named and hypothesized by Viktor E. Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, in a student group of 181 college students in Dae-Jeon city. The tools used were Beck’s depression inventory (BDI), the life purpose test (PIK) and the seeking of noetic goal test (SONG). The author tried to show the general trend of life purpose (meaning), and motive for seeking of noetic goal, by gender, study major, and religion. The analysed results were as follows; 1. The proportion of students showing clear life purpose (meaning) and a strong motive for seeking of noetic goal was 4.42%. 2. The conventional depressive neurosis was 21. 55%, among which 17.95% was noogenic neurosis showing strong seeking of noetic goal in contrast to the conventional depressive neurosis. Both group had uncertain life purpose. In broad sense, noogenic neurosis with strong seeking of noetic goal and uncertain life purpose or meaning was 27.62% of all the subjects. 3. About 60.8% of the students were in a state of uncertain life purpose and weak or medium motive for seeking of noetic goal, representing the existential abyss. Among this group of existential abyss, 29. 09% were evaluated as depressive neurotic. 4. Among the depressive neurotic group, 82.05% showed uncertain life purpose and weak or medium seeking of noetic goal. The correlation between these factors (depression, life purpose apparancy, and seeking of noetic goal intensity) was significant statistically. 5. In regard of differences of gender, study major, and presence or absence of religion, male students showed more strong motive for the seeking of noetic Goal, literature majoring students had more apparent life purpose or meaning and less depression, and the students who had religion had more apparent lile purpose.