Lei Chai

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ... Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

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New publication with @zhuofeilu.bsky.social
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Food Insecurity and Mental Health: A Moderated Mediation Analysis Extensive research has demonstrated the negative impact of food insecurity on mental health; however, the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this relationship remain underexplored. Using ....

My latest paper is out!
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The role of loneliness in mediating the relationship between financial strain and mental health: Exploring gender differences in a UK longitudinal study This study explores the association between financial strain and loneliness over time, investigates loneliness as a mediator in the relationship betwe…

Our paper (with Senhu Wang and Zhuofei Lu) is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Excited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition!

The association between financial strain and mental health: The mediating and moderating roles of sleep problems in the UK household longitudinal study (UKHLS) Financial strain is a well-documented stressor that negatively affects mental health, yet the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain insuffici…

Our paper (with @zhuofeilu.bsky.social) is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Are you tired of analyzing your nominal and ordinal variables like its the 1950s? Then read @sociologicalsci.bsky.social today and see if ME inequality and total ME are right for you. We develop new methods for summarizing effects for nominal/ordinal independent and dependent variables.

My first co-authored paper, affiliated with the University of Hong Kong, is out!

I’m excited to join the editorial review board of Social Science Research.

The Queen of Tears is so good!

I have reached 400 citations--a small milestone!