Purpose in life test

The scale was devised to test Viktor Frankl's thesis that when meaning in life is absent, existential
frustration results (or among mental patients, something that Frankl called noogenic neurosis). The
Purpose in Life Test (PIL) comprises 20 items rated from 1 (low purpose) to 7 (high purpose). Total
scores range from 20 (low purpose) to 140 (high purpose). Average scores tend to cluster at the
purposeful end of the scale.