Although extant research demonstrates the negative impact of overparenting on child well-being, there remains a paucity of evidence on the effect of overparenting on the parents’ own well-being. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of overparenting on parental well-being, and to explore the mechanisms through which overparenting influences the well-being of working mothers, particularly among established adults. Thus, we examined the serial mediation effects of perceived stress and family-to-work conflict (FWC) in overparenting and well-being linkage. With this aim, the data were collected from working mothers (N = 258) aged between 30 and 45, a period of in their lifespan generally characterized by efforts devoted to career and care. Via serial mediation analyses, the findings postulate that (a) overparenting relates to the well-being and perceived stress of working mothers, (b) perceived stress (both individually and jointly with FWC) mediates the relationship between overparenting and well-being, and (c) perceived stress and FWC serially mediate the association between overparenting and well-being. The findings provide evidence related to the well-being experiences of established adulthood women in struggling their career-and care crunch from a perspective of overparenting, stress, and family-to-work conflict.

尽管现有的研究表明过度养育对儿童幸福感的负面影响，但仍然缺乏关于过度养育对父母自身幸福感影响的证据。本研究的目的是调查过度养育对父母幸福感的影响，并探索过度养育影响职业母亲幸福感的机制，特别是在成熟的成年人中。因此，我们研究了感知压力和家庭与工作冲突（FWC）在过度养育和幸福联系中的系列中介效应。为了这个目的，数据是从职业母亲那里收集的（N = 258) 年龄在 30 到 45 岁之间，他们一生中的一段时期通常以致力于事业和照顾的努力为特征。通过系列中介分析，研究结果假设（a）过度养育与职业母亲的幸福感和感知压力有关，（b）感知压力（单独和与 FWC 共同）调节过度养育和幸福感之间的关系，以及(c) 感知压力和 FWC 连续调节过度养育和幸福感之间的关联。从过度育儿、压力和家庭与工作冲突的角度来看，研究结果提供了与成熟成年女性在职业和护理危机中挣扎的幸福经历相关的证据。