{"id":3799,"date":"2022-02-01T10:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T10:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/?p=3799"},"modified":"2022-02-15T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T11:48:15","slug":"january-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/02\/01\/january-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"January News RoundUp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Pride and prejudice: a recent study discovers that a sense of National Pride is essential for successful adoption of health messages in a pandemic. Also how breaking down preconceptions are essential to challenging discrimination amongst school children as well as towards the over 50&#8217;s.  Our latest research is here in our January roundup. <\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Fun&#8217;, &#8216;energetic&#8217; and &#8216;enthusiastic&#8217;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8216;Kent was at the top of my list!&#8217; Psychology graduate Tanya Sengupta shares her insights into what it\u2019s like to work hard and play hard with us at UKC! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/3926\/alumni-profile-tanya-sengupta-whats-it-like-to-study-psychology-at-kent\">Meet her here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/276\/swift-hannah\">Dr Hannah Swift<\/a> an experienced researcher in ageism, attitudes to age, workplaces and discrimination, researched age-based stereotypes in job adverts. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/3825\/you-dont-have-to-be-fun-to-work-here-but-if-youre-under-30-it-would-help\">Read more about her research in the Independent<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/212\/abrams-dominic\">Professor Dominic Abrams <\/a>goes Psycho Schizo Espresso on this podcast alongside Iron Maiden\u2019s Bruce Dickinson and \u2018Psychology Guy\u2019 Kevin Dutton. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/3773\/dominic-abrahams-goes-psycho-schizo-espresso-with-iron-maiden\">Listen or watch here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/221\/douglas-karen\">Professor Karen Douglas<\/a>, alongside with Ying-yi Hong, Hoi-Wing Chan, recently edited a special issue for the Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology on conspiracy theories about infectious diseases. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/3806\/conspiracy-theories-and-infectious-diseases\">Find out more<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Research, co-authored by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/219\/cichocka-aleksandra\">Dr Aleksandra Cichocka <\/a>examined the factors that make people adhere to public health measures during Covid-19 pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/2022\/01\/27\/national-identity-predicts-support-for-public-health-measures-during-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Learn more here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We marked the 75th anniversary of the publication of Anne Frank\u2019s diary and Holocaust Memorial Day. The Daily Telegraph coverage of the event cites the research conducted by Postgraduate researcher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/people\/1490\/goodbun-katie\">Katie Goodbun<\/a>\u00a0and supervised by\u00a0Professor Dominic Abrams. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\/3809\/marking-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-publication-of-anne-franks-diary-and-holocaust-memorial-day\">Read here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/psychology\/news\">Keep up to date with the latest news from the School of Psychology<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pride and prejudice: a recent study discovers that a sense of National Pride is essential for successful adoption of health messages in a pandemic. 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