Abstract :
The paper has analyzed the correlation between psychological distress, psycho-social well-being, family support, and marital adjustment in married females in Pakistan, with special reference to the role of family support as a mediator. The research design was a cross-sectional correlational study, and the data were collected from 400 wives using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and the Perceived Social Support Scale. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, analysis of variance, and the PROCESS macro (Model 4) for mediation. The results revealed that psychological distress had a significant and negative correlation with psycho-social well-being and marital adjustment. There was an association between higher education and socio-economic status, lower distress and well-being, and marital outcomes. The psychological distress and psycho-social well-being relationship showed that family support mediated the relationship partially, which supported the stress-buffering model. But a relationship was not mediated by family support in relation to psychological distress and marital adjustment, which points out the role of relationship-specific factors. The study offers culturally applicable information regarding the mental health of married females in Pakistan.