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124RENEE NEPAKHAREV (HUNTER COLLEGE CUNY), JASON YOUNG (HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) Past studies have found connections between personality and musical preferences. However, little research has examined the connection between responses to music, music preferences, personality, and political orientation. Participants answered questionnaires regarding their music preferences and political orientation. It was predicted that conservatives would prefer up-tempo music, while liberals would prefer intense, complex, and mellow music. Results and discussion will focus on how responses to music may be associated with political orientation, mediated by personality temperament.POSTER 65NEIGHBORHOOD SOCIAL COHESION AND DEPRESSION: THE ROLE OF LENGTH OF US RESIDENCEROSEMARIE SAPIGAO (CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY) The extant literature indicates that the social environment plays a role in mental health. I analyzed the cross-sectional association between perceived neighborhood social cohesion (NSC) and depression, the association between length of US residence and nativity status (LORN) and depression, and whether LORN modifies the association between NSC and depression in New York City residents. Results suggest NSC may be protective against depression in long-term foreign-born and US-born residents, but not in recently arrived residents.POSTER 66PERCEPTIONS OF FUTURE LIFE STABILITY, CLIMATE ANXIETY AND GENDERMARTHA LARAMORE-JOSEY (BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY), FRANKLIN AUCAPINA (GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH POLICY- CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), QINGFENG MA (JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE- CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), JENNIFER LAI (BARUCH COLLEGE- CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), MINDY ENGLE-FRIEDMAN (BARUCH COLLEGE- CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) This study evaluated gender differences in perceptions about one's future life stability. Predicted climate change impacts can affect this perception. Future goals, anticipated future stability, and perceived climate change impacts were assessed in 211 urban undergraduates. No gender differences were found in future thinking or stability, but women and men differed significantly in climate anxiety levels when asked to think one year, 5 years, and ten years into the future.POSTER 67NEURODIVERSITY AND COLLEGE STUDENTS: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING BELONGING USING ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS THEORYLESLIE BUDDINGTON (FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY), JOAN A. SWANSON (FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY), ANNA ERIKSON (FRANKLIN PIERCE UNIVERSITY) Introduction: Although higher numbers of neurodiverse students are attending college, they graduate at lower rates. This may be due in part to not feeling they belong. Methods: This literature review examined current research on college students who are characterized as neurodiverse. Results: Studies were examined for suggestions for improving the belonging among neurodiverse college students through Ecological Systems Theory. Discussion: Strategies for helping neurodiverse college students to feel that they belong at college are outlined.POSTER 68ROMANTIC PARTNERS' COMMENTS ON UNHEALTHY EATING: ROLE OF GENDER AND SEXUAL ORIENTATIONKRISTIN AUGUST (RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY - CAMDEN), ALLISON MCMURRAY (RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY -CAMDEN), ALEXANDRA LARUE (RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY - CAMDEN), JOSH NOVAK (AUBURN UNIVERSITY), IRA ROSEMAN (RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY -CAMDEN) This cross-sectional survey study examined the frequency and nature of diet-related social control attempts among individuals in same-gender and opposite-gender relationships (N=833), focusing on specific aspects of unhealthy eating and the role of chronic health conditions. Men in opposite-gender relationships reported receiving the most frequent social control, with fast food and desserts being common targets. Diabetes and heart disease were associated with more frequent social control. Some findings varied by gender and sexual orientation.POSTER 69SELF-EFFICACY AND THE EXPERIENCES OF STUDENTS REGARDING THE DOCTORAL CANDIDACY EXAMINATION124