{"666454":{"#nid":"666454","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Covid Fears and Long-Term Planning Play Key Roles in Vaccine Hesitancy","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA recent study finds that concerns about the health effects of Covid-19 are a key variable in determining whether people are hesitant to get vaccinated against the virus. The study also found that an individual\u2019s tendency to plan for the future plays a surprising role in people\u2019s vaccine hesitancy.\u0026nbsp;At issue is a psychological trait called proactive coping that refers to a person\u2019s tendency to think about and plan for the future. The study\u0027s first author is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\/mackenzie-hughes\u0022\u003EMacKenzie \u0026nbsp;Hughes,\u003C\/a\u003E Ph.D. student in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Psychology\u003C\/a\u003E; \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/clara-coblenz-a567a3b5\u0022\u003EClara Coblenz\u003C\/a\u003E, Georgia Tech alumna (B.S. PSYCH)\u0026nbsp;who is now a research technician in the School of Psychology\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hertzoglab.psychology.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAdult Cognition Lab\u003C\/a\u003E, is a co-author.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-03-06 16:12:45","changed_gmt":"2023-03-22 18:30:08","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"North Carolina State University News ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/news.ncsu.edu\/2023\/03\/covid-psychology-vaccine-hesitancy\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-03-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"443951","name":"School of Psychology"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"167710","name":"School of Psychology"},{"id":"185618","name":"MacKenzie Hughes"},{"id":"185619","name":"Clara Coblenz"},{"id":"192287","name":"Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"763","name":"vaccine"},{"id":"192288","name":"proactive coping"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}