Haider Arsalan, Uludag Kadir, Zhou Huixia, Hong Li, Wei Zhang
School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China.
Department of Psychology, University of Malakand, Chakdara, Pakistan.
Psychiatry Investig. 2025 Jul;22(7):775-785. doi: 10.30773/pi.2024.0273. Epub 2025 Jul 16.
Late adolescence and young adulthood are crucial periods when individuals rely on family support to navigate challenges like identity formation and career decisions. Supportive families aid in coping during this transition. This study examines the links between family quality of life (FQoL), goal attainment, and psychological distress in the Pakistani cultural context.
Of the 300 students in this cross-sectional study, 52.0% were men, and 48.0% were women. The study employed the Beach Centre Family Quality of Life Scale to assess students' well-being within a familial context, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21 to measure psychological distress, and the Goal Achievement Questionnaire (goal achievement mastery [GA-M] and goal achievement performance [GA-P]) to evaluate goal orientation.
GA-M was negatively associated with depression, stress, family interaction, and parenting but positively linked to anxiety. Conversely, GA-P was positively associated with psychological distress. Women students scored higher on GA-P (t(298)=-3.41, p<0.001). In contrast, men scored higher on Physical/Material Well-being (t(298)=2.35, p<0.01). Additionally, FQoL positively predicted GA-P via depression and stress but negatively predicted GA-M via depression and stress.
FQoL is closely linked to students' GA-M and GA-P, with depression and stress as indirect mediators. These findings underscore the critical role of familial support in shaping goal achievement.
青春期晚期和成年早期是关键时期，在此期间个体依靠家庭支持来应对身份形成和职业决策等挑战。支持性的家庭有助于在这一过渡阶段进行应对。本研究在巴基斯坦文化背景下考察家庭生活质量（FQoL）、目标达成与心理困扰之间的联系。
在这项横断面研究的300名学生中，52.0%为男性，48.0%为女性。该研究采用海滩中心家庭生活质量量表来评估学生在家庭环境中的幸福感，采用抑郁、焦虑和压力量表-21来测量心理困扰，并采用目标达成问卷（目标达成掌握度[GA-M]和目标达成表现[GA-P]）来评估目标导向。
GA-M与抑郁、压力、家庭互动和养育方式呈负相关，但与焦虑呈正相关。相反，GA-P与心理困扰呈正相关。女学生在GA-P上得分更高（t(298)=-3.41，p<0.001）。相比之下，男性在身体/物质幸福感上得分更高（t(298)=2.35，p<0.01）。此外，FQoL通过抑郁和压力对GA-P有正向预测作用，但通过抑郁和压力对GA-M有负向预测作用。
FQoL与学生的GA-M和GA-P密切相关，抑郁和压力作为间接中介因素。这些发现强调了家庭支持在塑造目标达成方面的关键作用。
