The aim of this research was to develop a structural model of resilience based on the perspective of future time and mindfulness through the mediation of cognitive flexibility in parents of mentally retarded children in Qom city. The present research was a descriptive-correlation type of Path Analysis. The population of this research included all parents of mentally retarded children in Qom city in the academic year of 2022-2023. The size of the statistical sample was determined to be 220 people, which was done by available sampling method. The tools used in this research were the five-faceted mindfulness questionnaire (FFMQ), the cognitive flexibility scale (CFI), the Zimbardo time perspective scale (ZTPI) and the Connor-Davidson resilience scale (CD-RISC). The findings of the present study showed that the research model has a good fit. According to the findings model of the happy present, the future and flexibility had a positive and significant effect on resilience; Also, mindfulness and the future had a positive effect and the passive present had a negative effect on flexibility; Also the mediating role of flexibility in the relationship between mindfulness, future and passive present with resilience was confirmed;
based on these findings, it can be concluded that among the dimensions of time perspective, the two dimensions of the future and the passive present and the general structure of mindfulness indirectly lead to an increase in resilience through influencing cognitive flexibility.
