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34The current study will test how people's moral beliefs related to social order may lead them to be more willing to express negative intergroup attitudes following an identity threat manipulation reminding them of the changing demographics in the United States. We predict that greater endorsement of social order will predict more negative intergroup attitudes in the experimental than the control group. Exploratory analyses will also look at how social justice impacts responses to our manipulation.POSTER 71A CUSTOMIZED BELONGINGNESS INTERVENTION AT A SMALL, DIVERSE LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITYCASSIDY MULLIGAN (SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY), SUMAIYA TASNIM (SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY), BRITTANY HANSON (SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY), MARYELLEN HAMILTON (SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY) Previous research has found that belongingness interventions can improve GPA and retention at both selective private universities and broad-access public universities. The current research investigates the effectiveness of a customized belongingness intervention for STEM students at a minority-majority small liberal arts university with a high acceptance rate.POSTER 72CHURCH POLITICAL HETEROGENEITY AND POLITICAL POLARIZATIONCAROLINE AVERY (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), ADAM SMILEY (BELMONT UNIVERSITY) Bipartisan contact is associated with less affective polarization. Building on previous research, we examined how out-partisan proportions in churches influence affective polarization and social distance. Contrary to our hypotheses, we identified a non-linear relationship: more out-partisans at church are associated with reduced affective polarization, but this effect is particularly strong at very low levels of outpartisan presence. This suggests church political heterogeneity may play a more complex role in shaping political polarization than previously understood.POSTER 73EXPLORING THE RELATION BETWEEN ATTITUDES, BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL NETWORK HETEROGENEITY, AND SOCIAL CONSENSUS.JULIUS GAMBER (SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY), LINDSEY LEVITAN (SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY) The relation between attitudes and behavior is subtle and complex. Both the attitudes of close others and societal consensus influence one's behavior. It is unclear whether the two are related or independent factors. This research clarifies the relation between consensus, agreement among close others, and behavior. Results suggest that consensus and agreement among close others are separable influences. As disagreement increases, both among close others and in broader society, intention to act on attitudes decreases.POSTER 74THE EFFECTS OF RACE, GENDER, AND PARENTAL STATUS ON PERCEPTIONS OF CRIMEKELCIE DRAGON (UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH), KRISTIN CISTULLI (UNIVERSITY OF SAINT JOSEPH) The purpose of this study was to investigate how a suspect's race, gender, and parental status affected participant recommendations for length of incarceration, worry for the suspect's family, and perceptions of reoffense. Results indicated that participants worried more about the family of a Black suspect with children and they were more likely to expect a man without children to reoffend. Suspect race, gender, and parental status did not affect sentencing recommendations.POSTER 75EFFECT OF PATHOLOGICAL ALTRUISM ON SOCIOTROPY, SENSE OF SELF, AND LIFE SATISFACTIONALISA BROWN (CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY) Individuals who score higher in sociotropy have been found to excessively invest in relationships. This results in a higher propensity to seek acceptance and reassurance, avoid conflict and, please people. There is a significant serial meditation between sociotropy and life satisfaction through pathological altruism and sense of self. Having higher scores in sociotropic characteristics can influence excessive pathological altruism which can lead to a loss of sense of self and dissatisfaction with one's life.POSTER 76CHEMICAL RESTRAINT AND PHYSICAL RESTRAINT: CO-OCCURRENCE AND RISK FACTORSRYAN MCDONOUGH (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), MATTHEW VARGAS (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), ZHANA GRIGORYAN (SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY), 34