Jonathan Koltai
Biographic Data
| ID | 3932770 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonathan Koltai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonathan |
| FAMILY NAME | Koltai |
| SIGNATURE | KOLTAI J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0055-4890 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Heterogeneous Effects of College Education on Outcomes Related to Deaths of Despair
College education features prominently in research on determinants of deaths from substance use disorders and self-harm-outcomes collectively referred to as 'deaths of despair' (DoD). Limited attention has been given to whether the protective effects of college education on indicators of despair vary by individuals' likelihood of college completion. We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health for 6,145 individua…
Association between disability-related budget reductions and increasing drug-related mortality across local authorities in Great Britain
Deaths of Despair and Brexit Votes
Objectives. To test the hypothesis that deaths of despair, a marker of social suffering, were associated with greater support for Brexit in the United Kingdom’s 2016 European Union referendum. Methods. We used cross-local authority regression models of Brexit vote shares on changes in suicide and drug-related death rates before (2005–2007) and after the recession (2014–2016), adjusting for sociodemographic factors. The population comprised 345 lo…
Recession hardships, personal control, and the amplification of psychological distress
Recessions pose risks to mental health, yet the psychosocial mechanisms involved are less clear. One critical factor may be people's perceived control when faced with multiple recession hardships. Here we test a structural amplification hypothesis by assessing the role of perceived control as a mediator and moderator of the relation between recession shocks and psychological distress. We draw on waves 2 (2004-2006) and 3 (2013-2014) of the Midlif…
Financial circumstances, mastery, and mental health
The Status-Health Paradox
Prior research evaluates the health effects of higher status attainment by analyzing highly similar individuals whose circumstances differ after some experience a 'status boost.' Advancing that research, we assess health differences across organizational contexts among two national samples of lawyers who were admitted to the bar in the same year in their respective countries. We find that higher-status lawyers in large firms report more depressio…
Discovering pockets of complexity
Cancer Diagnosis and Mental Health among Older White Adults
Cancer is a life-changing condition for many American seniors, and a growing body of literature is assessing the mental health implications of living with the disease. This article builds from the well-known buffering hypothesis with insights from recent cancer research to investigate whether social networks moderate the association between cancer and mental health for older men and women. Analyses use two waves of survey data (2005-2006 and 2011…
The Psychological Price of High Pressure on the Job
Job Pressure and SES-contingent Buffering
Analyses of the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce demonstrate that job pressure is associated with greater anxiety and job dissatisfaction. In this paper we ask, What conditions protect workers? The conventional buffering hypothesis in the Job-Demands Resource (JD-R) model predicts that job resources should attenuate the relationship. We test whether the conventional buffering hypothesis depends on socioeconomic status (SES). Support …
Does Embeddedness Protect? Personal Network Density and Vulnerability to Mistreatment Among Older American Adults
Results highlight how network-level phenomena can operate distinctively from dyadic mistreatment processes. Dense personal networks seem to provide structural protection against elder mistreatment, even as many offensive acts are committed by those that are close to the victim and relatively well embedded in their network
Financial circumstances, mastery, and mental health
Job Pressure and SES-contingent Buffering
Analyses of the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce demonstrate that job pressure is associated with greater anxiety and job dissatisfaction. In this paper we ask, What conditions protect workers? The conventional buffering hypothesis in the Job-Demands Resource (JD-R) model predicts that job resources should attenuate the relationship. We test whether the conventional buffering hypothesis depends on socioeconomic status (SES). Support …
Does Embeddedness Protect? Personal Network Density and Vulnerability to Mistreatment Among Older American Adults
Results highlight how network-level phenomena can operate distinctively from dyadic mistreatment processes. Dense personal networks seem to provide structural protection against elder mistreatment, even as many offensive acts are committed by those that are close to the victim and relatively well embedded in their network
Deaths of Despair and Brexit Votes
Objectives. To test the hypothesis that deaths of despair, a marker of social suffering, were associated with greater support for Brexit in the United Kingdom’s 2016 European Union referendum. Methods. We used cross-local authority regression models of Brexit vote shares on changes in suicide and drug-related death rates before (2005–2007) and after the recession (2014–2016), adjusting for sociodemographic factors. The population comprised 345 lo…
Association between disability-related budget reductions and increasing drug-related mortality across local authorities in Great Britain
The Heterogeneous Effects of College Education on Outcomes Related to Deaths of Despair
College education features prominently in research on determinants of deaths from substance use disorders and self-harm-outcomes collectively referred to as 'deaths of despair' (DoD). Limited attention has been given to whether the protective effects of college education on indicators of despair vary by individuals' likelihood of college completion. We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health for 6,145 individua…
The Status-Health Paradox
Prior research evaluates the health effects of higher status attainment by analyzing highly similar individuals whose circumstances differ after some experience a 'status boost.' Advancing that research, we assess health differences across organizational contexts among two national samples of lawyers who were admitted to the bar in the same year in their respective countries. We find that higher-status lawyers in large firms report more depressio…
Discovering pockets of complexity
Does Embeddedness Protect? Personal Network Density and Vulnerability to Mistreatment Among Older American Adults
Results highlight how network-level phenomena can operate distinctively from dyadic mistreatment processes. Dense personal networks seem to provide structural protection against elder mistreatment, even as many offensive acts are committed by those that are close to the victim and relatively well embedded in their network
Cancer Diagnosis and Mental Health among Older White Adults
Cancer is a life-changing condition for many American seniors, and a growing body of literature is assessing the mental health implications of living with the disease. This article builds from the well-known buffering hypothesis with insights from recent cancer research to investigate whether social networks moderate the association between cancer and mental health for older men and women. Analyses use two waves of survey data (2005-2006 and 2011…
The Psychological Price of High Pressure on the Job
Job Pressure and SES-contingent Buffering
Analyses of the 2008 National Study of the Changing Workforce demonstrate that job pressure is associated with greater anxiety and job dissatisfaction. In this paper we ask, What conditions protect workers? The conventional buffering hypothesis in the Job-Demands Resource (JD-R) model predicts that job resources should attenuate the relationship. We test whether the conventional buffering hypothesis depends on socioeconomic status (SES). Support …
Discovering pockets of complexity
Financial circumstances, mastery, and mental health
The Status-Health Paradox
Prior research evaluates the health effects of higher status attainment by analyzing highly similar individuals whose circumstances differ after some experience a 'status boost.' Advancing that research, we assess health differences across organizational contexts among two national samples of lawyers who were admitted to the bar in the same year in their respective countries. We find that higher-status lawyers in large firms report more depressio…
Recession hardships, personal control, and the amplification of psychological distress
Recessions pose risks to mental health, yet the psychosocial mechanisms involved are less clear. One critical factor may be people's perceived control when faced with multiple recession hardships. Here we test a structural amplification hypothesis by assessing the role of perceived control as a mediator and moderator of the relation between recession shocks and psychological distress. We draw on waves 2 (2004-2006) and 3 (2013-2014) of the Midlif…
Deaths of Despair and Brexit Votes
Objectives. To test the hypothesis that deaths of despair, a marker of social suffering, were associated with greater support for Brexit in the United Kingdom’s 2016 European Union referendum. Methods. We used cross-local authority regression models of Brexit vote shares on changes in suicide and drug-related death rates before (2005–2007) and after the recession (2014–2016), adjusting for sociodemographic factors. The population comprised 345 lo…
Association between disability-related budget reductions and increasing drug-related mortality across local authorities in Great Britain
The Heterogeneous Effects of College Education on Outcomes Related to Deaths of Despair
College education features prominently in research on determinants of deaths from substance use disorders and self-harm-outcomes collectively referred to as 'deaths of despair' (DoD). Limited attention has been given to whether the protective effects of college education on indicators of despair vary by individuals' likelihood of college completion. We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health for 6,145 individua…
Health disparities and outcomes (10 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Association (psychology (4 works)