Sens i bezsens życia w doświadczeniach młodzieży szkolnej

The article is dedicated to the attitudes of young people towards sense of life and it is based on the results of the sociological survey made in eight Polish towns in 1994-1996. In spite of many life difficulties, especially in social life, surveyed people showed relatively high level of intensity of their attitudes in a matter of individual sense of life. Common opinion about advances decay process of positive attitudes towards sense of life, about widespreading hopelessness and absurdity of life was not confirmed. Positive attitudes towards life predominated over “moderately” positive attitude (partly approval, partly disapproval of life) and especially over negative attitudes towards the sense of life. The matter of sense of life is very important part of life experience of Polish youth. Even if we are a frustrated society, as some people claim, certainly we are not a society without sense-creating systems. Obtained results prove that there is clear dependence between religiousness and the feeling of sense of life.