Analyzing the Path between Positive Psychological Functions among Mothers of Cerebral Palsy

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships of positive psychological functions using structural equations modeling. The statistical population of this study included all mothers of children with cerebral palsy in North Khorasan Province in 2017 and 2018. Methods: The samples were selected by sampling method [105 persons]. Data were collected using eight questionnaires of life expectancy test, psychological well-being, mental well-being, life satisfaction, self-efficacy, spirituality, resilience, forgiveness And through partial least squares approach have been analyzed. Results: The results of the model showed that spirituality first entered the model in order to explain forgiveness, mental vitality and life expectancy. Then, the variables of mental vitality, life expectancy and forgiveness as mediators and predictors of life satisfaction, resilience, self-efficacy and psychological well-being were entered into the model. So it is clear that the variables mental vitality, life expectancy and forgiveness can adjust the relationship between spirituality and life satisfaction, resilience, self-efficacy and psychological well-being. In the meantime, the variable path of psychological well-being with self-efficacy was directly and with life satisfaction through self-efficacy mediation. Conclusions: According to the findings, in order to increase the level of life satisfaction, resilience, self-efficacy and psychological well-being of mothers of cerebral palsy, attention should be paid to spirituality, mental vitality, life expectancy and forgiveness.