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Both work and family are identified as two major contributors to these problems. Utilizing Conservation of Resources theory, this paper examines work\u2013family conflict and overwork as significant explanatory variables and develops a moderated mediation model to investigate the mechanisms affecting mental health issues among Chinese career women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data were gathered through a questionnaire survey, with 500 questionnaires distributed and 393 responses received. Hayes\u2019 PROCESS macro for SPSS was employed to examine moderated mediation models, with Bootstrap resampling set at 1000.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>(1) Work\u2013family conflict (abbreviated as WFC) is significantly associated with emotional exhaustion (abbreviated as EE) and mental health problems in career women, with emotional exhaustion serving as a mediator between work\u2013family conflict and mental health. (2) Overwork is positively linked to emotional exhaustion and influences the relationship between work\u2013family conflict and emotional exhaustion. (3) Overwork also moderates the mediation effect of work\u2013family conflict on mental health via emotional exhaustion, amplifying the mediation effect when career women are overburdened.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study provides fresh insights into the mechanisms underlying mental health issues among career women, offering valuable information for addressing these challenges.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fpubh.2025.1483746","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,2]],"date-time":"2025-04-02T02:51:35Z","timestamp":1743562295000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Work\u2013family conflict, overwork and mental health of female employees in China"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jun","family":"Ma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laixi","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuehe","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,2]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","unstructured":"Data of female labor force participation rate in China\n          \n          \n          2024"},{"key":"ref2","unstructured":"Green paper on the mental well-being of Chinese career women\n          \n          \n          2024"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"278","DOI":"10.1037\/1076-8998.5.2.278","article-title":"Consequences associated with work-to-family conflict: a review and agenda for future research","volume":"5","author":"Allen","year":"2000","journal-title":"J Occup Health Psychol"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"361","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jvb.2014.08.010","article-title":"Outcomes of work\u2013life balance on job satisfaction, life satisfaction and mental health: a study across seven cultures","volume":"85","author":"Haar","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Vocat Behav"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"389","DOI":"10.3200\/SOCP.144.4.389-406","article-title":"Work-family conflict, work- and family-role salience, and Women\u2019s well-being","volume":"144","author":"Noor","year":"2004","journal-title":"J Soc Psychol"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"115","DOI":"10.1016\/0001-8791(86)90001-1","article-title":"Vocational and organizational behavior, 1985: a review","volume":"29","author":"Greenhaus","year":"1986","journal-title":"J Vocat Behav"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"86","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apergo.2014.11.009","article-title":"Work\u2013family conflict and enrichment from the perspective of psychosocial resources: comparing Finnish healthcare workers by working schedules","volume":"48","author":"Mauno","year":"2015","journal-title":"Appl Ergon"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1097\/jnr.0000000000000516","article-title":"Work\u2013family conflict, organizational identification, and professional identification among Chinese nurses from a resource perspective","volume":"30","author":"Yang","year":"2022","journal-title":"J Nurs Res"},{"key":"ref9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"259","DOI":"10.1037\/ocp0000065","article-title":"The work-family interface: a retrospective look at 20 years of research in JOHP","volume":"22","author":"Allen","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Occup Health Psychol"},{"key":"ref10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"372","DOI":"10.1007\/s12529-015-9523-x","article-title":"Work\u2013family conflict and self-rated health: the role of gender and educational level. 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