Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Psychology

Chapter

Therapeutic Approaches

Question:
Which of the following has a role in "existential anxiety"?
Options:
Neurotic anxieties
Spiritual Anxiety
Sociological Anxiety
Both 1 and 2
Correct Answer:
Spiritual Anxiety
Explanation:
Neurotic anxieties arise when the problems of life are attached to the physical, psychological or spiritual aspects of one’s existence. Frankl emphasised the role of spiritual anxieties in leading to meaninglessness and hence it may be called an existential anxiety, i.e. neurotic anxiety of spiritual origin.