Table 1.

Descriptives of and correlations between all measures.

		α	M (SD)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1. Pressure to be a perfect mother		0.75	4.00 (1.70)
2. Parental stress		0.84	3.42 (1.33)	0.49***
3. Prevention focus as a mother		0.63	4.49 (1.26)	0.42***	0.39***
4. Promotion focus as a mother		0.84	5.40 (1.13)	0.15	0.05	0.43***
5. Maternal gatekeeping		0.71	4.39 (1.58)	0.34***	0.26**	0.16*	0.08
6. Parental burnout		0.79	3.34 (1.44)	0.34***	0.40***	0.21**	-0.31***	0.28***
7. Work-family balance		0.93	4.61 (1.49)	-0.20*	-0.31***	-0.25**	0.15	-0.12	-0.25**
8. Career ambitions		0.88	4.35 (1.53)	0.13	0.08	0.02	0.13	-0.05	-0.04	0.26**
9. Own intensive mothering beliefs		0.76	4.92 (0.98)	0.28***	0.13	0.20**	0.29***	0.40***	-0.03	0.11	0.13

^∗∗∗p < 0.001, ^∗∗p < 0.01, and ^∗p < 0.05.