Family support appears to be one of the most important factors influencing subjective wellbeing in terms of life satisfaction and happiness. Notwithstanding the generally accepted value of the family, the relationship between family support and individual well-being outcomes has not been thoroughly studied. Considering bonding with one's family is linked to well-being across life, the goal of our study was to investigate the relationship between family support, life satisfaction, and happiness among Pakistani teenagers. A total of 250 adolescents (49% male and 51% females) took part in the study with age ranged 12 to 19 years. Family support, life satisfaction, and happiness were measured by Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and Subjective Happiness Scale respectively.The findings demonstrated that family support significantly positively correlated with both life satisfaction and happiness. Family support positively predicted life satisfaction and happiness. Furthermore, results indicated that boys perceived their families as more supportive than girls. However non-significant gender difference was found at the level of life satisfaction and happiness. Our findings revealed a significant positive association between family support, life satisfaction and happiness, which suggested that people who assess their families as helpful are more likely to have higher levels of life satisfaction and happiness.

The present study intended to observe the connection between social relations, suicidal probability, and quality of life among HIV (Human Immunodeficient Virus) positive individuals. This study was conducted at Government College University Faisalabad from April 2016 to February 2017. A sample has consisted of 100 diagnosed as HIV positive married men and married women with age ranging from 22 to 50 years old (M = 33.3, SD = 7.2). Data was collected using purposive sampling. To measure the variables e.g. social relations, suicidal probability, and quality of life, the Provision of Social Relations Scale (PSR), Suicidal Probability Scale (SPS), and Quality of Life (QOL) Scales were used. Linear Regression along with an independent sample t-test was run to analyze data by using SPSS 22. Results of Linear Regression analysis indicated that the total score of social relations significantly negatively predicted suicidal probability but positively predicted the four domains of quality of life (physical, psychological, social, and environment). While Suicidal probability negatively contributed to the quality of life. The findings of the t-test showed that HIV-positive males had better social relations as well as a quality of life than HIV-positive females. There was also a significant gender difference in the level of suicidal probability as women scored high than men. The study emphasized the importance of social relations especially care from family. Better social relations predicted better quality of life. Better social relations predicted low suicidal probability. Keywords: HIV, Social Relation, Suicidal Probability, Quality of Life.

The Family Functioning Scale has been widely utilized in the literature to determine whether a family is healthy or dysfunctional. The current study aimed to translate the Family Functioning scale into the Urdu language and find out its initial psychometric properties on the Pakistani population. The measure was translated from English to the Urdu language by following standardized procedures. Cross-language validation was assessed by comparing the scores of a bilingual sample, (n=40) of 20 males and 20 females (Mage = 15.9, SD = 1.42). Urdu translated version of GFS was administered on 360 individuals from the general population of Faisalabad with 190 men (52.8%) and 170 (47.2%) women age ranged between 12 to 56 years (Mage = 21.68, SD = 7.12). Convergent validity of the General Functioning Scale was assessed by correlating the scores of GFS and the Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale, while Satisfaction with Life Scale, Multidimensional Scale for Perceived Social Support, and the Subjective Happiness Scale were used to check discriminant validity. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient and Pearson- Product Moment Correlation Coefficient were applied to determine the internal consistency, convergent, and discriminant validity of the translated measure respectively. The results revealed that the Urdu version of GFS has good internal consistency (α = .80). GFS was significantly positively correlated with CHAOS while a significant negative correlation was found between family dysfunctioning and family support, life satisfaction, and happiness. Findings reflect that the Urdu version of the GF is a psychometrically sound measure to assess the family functioning in the Pakistani cultural context. Keywords: Family Dysfunctioning, Urdu, Psychometric Validation, Pakistan