Abstract
With the increase of interest in positive psychology, the number of studies on forgiveness as a term increased, too. Although the roots of forgiveness as a term lies under religious beliefs, as time has passed, the term has found its place in other disciplines. In spite of the difficulty in providing only one definition for the term, it can be defined in broad terms as the transformation of the negative feelings that someone has towards unpleasant experiences into positive with conscious effort. In this article, the following is examined; the term ‘forgiveness’, other terms that are often mistaken for forgiveness, different aspects of forgiveness; forgiving oneself, others and the situation itself, different models that are developed for the process of forgiving, the factors that make the forgiveness process easier or harder, the effects of the personal qualities of the victim and the guilty, the benefits of forgiving for both parties and the research on forgiveness.
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