b'What Diets Do Students Eat: stress and coping and eating red meat, vegetables and other foodsStephanie Petrillo, Department of Nursing Karen Ramirez Rubio and Raven Jackson, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Charles R. Talor, Department of Psychology, Counseling, and Family Therapy Research on dietary habits show conflicting findings. Eating fruits and vegetables every day is rated as increasing mood and sense of well-being, yet research on vegetarians show lower ratings on daily mood and well-being compared to those eating meat and vegetable omnivorous diet. However, those people reporting as vegetarians might have different motives and reasons for their dietary choices, such as the difference between a moral decision not to eat meat and someone who restricts their food intake as a way of masking anorexia. These different motives may then impact their ratings of well-being and mood. The purpose of this study was to examine whether college students have different motives in their dietary choices and whether such choices related to measures of well-being and coping.Socioeconomic Struggles in Race and Low-Income Households Developing Mental IllnessMarvellous Naomi Starr Wells, Department of BiologyFaculty Sponsor: Dr. Andrea J. Ramirez, Department of SociologyThis paper examines the social struggles in race and low-income households, which may lead to a development of a mental illness diagnosis. Mental illnesses vary and may have short term or long-term effect on people of all races. Minorities tend to be a much higher rate to develop mental illness. This paper emphasizes the importance of communication, acknowledging emotional distress, and financial stability. Low-income families encounter a high level of stress due to unstable financial stabilities. These struggles tend to become overlooked and those who experience them start to become labeled as crazy. The purpose of this study is to understand how daily struggles can affect people mentally and emotionally.76'