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Latest papers
The Adverse Consequences of Material Hardship for Mattering in Later-Life.
Research on aging · 2026 · first author
The paradox of informal caregiving: benefits and harms to mental health in the context of sense of divine control.
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
A social price to the rising cost of living? The bidirectional relationship between inflation and trust.
Canadian review of sociology = Revue canadienne de sociologie · 2025
Latest funding
- $30,853
Financial Strain and Mental Health in Canadian Older Adults
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $46,148
Financial Strain and Mental Health in Canadian Older Adults
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $250,000
Examining the current Canadian social context of prenatal cannabis consumption and intersections with maternal and infant health outcomes.
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
24 publications.
The Adverse Consequences of Material Hardship for Mattering in Later-Life.
Bierman A, Mehrabi F, Lee Y
The paradox of informal caregiving: benefits and harms to mental health in the context of sense of divine control.
Upenieks L, Bierman A, Lee Y
A social price to the rising cost of living? The bidirectional relationship between inflation and trust.
Wu C, Bierman A, Schieman S
Private Eyes, They See Your Every Move: Workplace Surveillance and Worker Well-Being
Glavin P, Bierman A, Schieman S
Social Statuses, Quality of Social Relationships, and Self-Esteem Among Older Adults in Canada: Resource Multiplication or Substitution?
Harmon M, Bierman A, Lee Y
Mattering and Self-Esteem as Bulwarks Against the Consequences of Financial Strain for Loneliness in Later Life: Differentiating Between- and Within-Person Processes.
Bierman A, Upenieks L, Lee Y, Mehrabi F
Functional Limitations and Psychological Well-Being Among Older Adults in China: The Critical Role of Hukou as a Stratifying Factor.
Miao J, Bierman A
A Profile of Positive and Negative Caregiving Experiences Among Canadian Older Adults: The Relevance of Demographic and Care Contexts.
Lee Y, Bierman A
Perceptions of Increases in Cost of Living and Psychological Distress Among Older Adults.
Bierman A, Upenieks L, Lee Y
Mental Health Benefits and Detriments of Caregiving Demands: A Nonlinear Association in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.
Bierman A, Lee Y, Penning MJ
Financial Strain and Mental Health in Canadian Older Adults
Principal investigators: Bierman, Alex E.
Keywords: financial strain; aging; mental health; social support; self-esteem
Financial Strain and Mental Health in Canadian Older Adults
Principal investigators: Bierman, Alex E.
Keywords: financial strain; aging; mental health; social support; self-esteem
Examining the current Canadian social context of prenatal cannabis consumption and intersections with maternal and infant health outcomes.
Principal investigators: Chaput, Kathleen
Keywords: Prenatal cannbis use Social status Financial vulnerability Pregnancy Maternal health Mental health neonatal health infant development
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Yeonjung Lee and Alex Bierman: 12 shared papers
- Scott Schieman and Alex Bierman: 8 shared papers
- Paul Glavin and Scott Schieman: 5 shared papers
- Scott Schieman and Cary Wu: 3 shared papers
- Cary Wu and Alex Bierman: 3 shared papers
- Paul Glavin and Alex Bierman: 2 shared papers
- Margaret Penning and Yeonjung Lee: 2 shared papers
- Scott Schieman and Yeonjung Lee: 1 shared paper
- Margaret Penning and Alex Bierman: 1 shared paper
- Sociology
- Aging, Social Gerontology
- Department of Sociology
- Other
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