Many worry that the modern world has created a wave of people struggling to find meaning. Here's why that belief might be wrong.
, a section called “The Existential Vacuum” claims that “the existential vacuum is a widespread phenomenon of the twentieth century” . He proceeds to explain why this vacuum emerged: In the twentieth century, people ceased to rely on their traditions and on their instincts.
Frankl's evidence for the claim that “the existential vacuum is a widespread phenomenon” is a statistical survey according to which 25 percent of his European students and 60 percent of his American students showed “a more-or-less marked degree of existential vacuum” . Unfortunately, Frankl doesn’t mention a reference for this survey.
For example, in a 2002 study that they cite, sponsored by the National Institute on Aging at the University of Michigan, 1062 individuals over 50 were asked whether they felt that their life had meaning in the preceding 12 months. Ninety-five percent of them replied to this question with a “yes.” In yet another study, Shigehiro Oishi and Ed Diener report on information collected by Gallup Global Polls from 137,678 people in 132 nations across the globe. The question “Do you feel that your life has an important purpose or meaning?” was answered affirmatively by 91% of the participants.
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