Analysis of Activities Increasing Positive Emotions of Men and Women in the Quarantine Period According to the William Glasser’s Five Needs

The purpose of this research was to analyze the activities that increase the positive emotions of men and women during the quarantine period (due to the epidemic caused by the presence of the corona virus) according to the five needs of William Glasser.

The research method in this study was a combination (qualitative and quantitative) in which quantitative data played a complementary role to qualitative data. The research community in this study were people who chose quarantine lifestyle during the corona virus epidemic. The sampling method in the present study was purpose-based sampling and the sample size was 474 people (309 women and 165 men). In the qualitative part, the data were categorized and coded using the content analysis method. In the quantitative part, spss-21 software was used to describe the data, and the results were coded and analyzed based on Glasser's five needs theory.

Based on the results of the current research, 63 activities were extracted that were more prevalent among people during quarantine. Through these activities, people could satisfy all their needs and in this way create positive emotions in themselves. The inferential analysis of the findings of this research showed that there was a significant difference between men and women in the levels of the need for survival, love and freedom in all the activities performed, and among all the needs, there was a significant difference in the need for power and freedom between age groups. There was a significant difference in the studied case.

Based on the results of the present research, it can be suggested that people should do activities that satisfy their five needs while following the daily health protocols, and in this way achieve positive emotions and avoid negative emotions