Psychological consequences of forgiveness from the perspective of Iranian's mothers of children with intellectual disabilities

This study examined the psychological consequences of forgiveness from the perspective of Iranian's mothers of children with intellectual disabilities. In the same way, a qualitative method was used. Twenty mothers of children with intellectual disability who were referred to the department of education to complete their children's assessment data, were selected randomly and semi-structure interview was used to gather data. These mothers were interviewed until saturation was established. The analysis of data lead to establishment of opening codes and categorizing them in conceptual headings. Mothers of children with intellectual disabilities used spiritual resources, internal resources, and social interests and resources to forgiving others respectively. This indicates that the rich content related Irans- Islamic culture has helped the mothers of children with intellectual disabilities to forgive others.