Associations Between Overparenting and Offspring's Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Multiple Moderators.

Na Hu, Kewan Chen, Longying Ye, Hongjin Liu, Dan Cai, Huafeng Zhang, Yanli Zhao

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Na HuSchool of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.

Kewan ChenSchool of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.ORCID 0009-0006-7640-2788

Longying YeSchool of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.

Hongjin LiuSchool of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.

Dan CaiSchool of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3005-7724

Huafeng ZhangResearch Institute for International and Comparative Education, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234, China.

Yanli ZhaoPsychiatric Research Center, Beijing Huilongguan Hospital, Peking University Huilongguan Clinical Medical School, Beijing 100096, China.

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the Beijing High-Level Public Health Technical Talent Development Project (Academic Backbones-02-09) & the Research Ward Excellence Program for Clinical Research: Parallel Project BRWEP2024W072130118the financial support from the Humanity and Social Science Youth Foundation of the Ministry of Education in China 24YJC190010

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Abstract

Despite overparenting being considered a critical factor associated with offspring's mental health, the existing research on this topic has yielded inconsistent results. The current study aimed to examine the relationship between overparenting and various mental health outcomes, such as anxiety, depression, life satisfaction, and subjective well-being, through an analysis of effect size. Furthermore, potential moderators, including developmental stage (indexed by age), gender, information informants, study design, and cultural factors, were also examined. A total of 44 studies (

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anxietydepressionmental healthmeta-analysisoverparenting

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PMID41009265

DOI10.3390/bs15091235

PMCPMC12466707

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