Lei Chai
@lchai.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong | PhD in Sociology from University of Toronto | Research on health and mental health
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JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
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Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
My latest paper is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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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 ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My latest paper is out!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our paper (with Senhu Wang and Zhuofei Lu) is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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…
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April 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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!
March 7, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Excited to join the editorial board of the Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition!
Our paper (with @zhuofeilu.bsky.social) is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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…
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February 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Our paper (with @zhuofeilu.bsky.social) is out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Lei Chai
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.
NEW: Trenton D. Mize, Bing Han, "Inequality and Total Effect Summary Measures for Nominal and Ordinal Variables."
sociologicalscience.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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!
February 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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.
January 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m excited to join the editorial review board of Social Science Research.
I have reached 400 citations--a small milestone!
December 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
I have reached 400 citations--a small milestone!