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130POSTER 17LGB IDENTITY ACCEPTANCE IN BLACK FAMILIES: AN ECOLOGICAL, IDENTITY-FOCUSED, AND GROWTH-ORIENTED PERSPECTIVEARLETTE NGOUBENE ATIOKY (GOUCHER COLLEGE), TRICHELLE WHITE (GOUCHER COLLEGE), JOE SIRECI (GOUCHER COLLEGE), AVERY MCCORCKLE (GOUCHER COLLEGE), CELESTE BAWARA (GOUCHER COLLEGE), JUANIECE BLACKMON (GOUCHER COLLEGE), NICOLE BLOUNT (GOUCHER COLLEGE), TIBAREK VEXLER (GOUCHER COLLEGE), BETHLEHEM (BEA) GUERRA (GOUCHER COLLEGE) The proposed poster will present a Consensual Qualitative Research Method study (Hill & Knox, 2021) on the lived experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bi(sexual) (LGB) identity acceptance among Black-identifying individuals whose family member identifies as LGB. Study findings showcase lived experiences in LGB acceptance that are dynamically ecological, identityfocused, and growth-centered. The limitations and implications of the study in terms of research, multicultural psychology training, and social justice service work will also be offered.POSTER 18LOCUS OF CONTROL AND POLITICAL AFFILIATIONEVELYN BENITEZ (MARIST COLLEGE), MACKENZIE ZEYTOONJIAN (MARIST COLLEGE), PENELOPE APEL (MARIST COLLEGE), MEGHAN SNYDER (MARIST COLLEGE), ERIK MOODY (MARIST COLLEGE) The impact of Locus of Control on voting behavior has been investigated for sometime with relatively stable differences observed for over fifty years. Democrats score Externally on Rotter's LOC scale while Republican trend Internal. There has been substantial change of political perspectives in the U.S. since the last investigation into this trend. Our results confirm the persistence of this historic difference; however, we found evidence of how a growing third party might affect future elections.POSTER 19LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION AFFECTS EYE GAZE BEHAVIOR WHEN LOOKING AT EMOTIONAL FACESLAUREN POSTELNEK (RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY- NEW BRUNSWICK), EVANGELINE WHEELER (TOWSON UNIVERSITY) Feelings of empathy are often associated with the desire to emotionally connect. We report on an exploratory experimental study that examined the effect of loving kindness meditation (LKM) on eye gaze when looking at photographs of faces displaying various emotions. We hypothesized LKM would result in longer eye gaze and more glances toward negative expressions. Results expressed the loving kindnessgroup gazed at neutral emotions. Results are presented through theoretical implications gathered from emotional expression.POSTER 20MAD WOMEN, SCARED MEN: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL PENALTIES OF COUNTERSTEREOTYPICAL EMOTIONSHEBA MUHSIN (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), VEEN BRIEFKI (BELMONT UNIVERSITY), ADAM SMILEY (BELMONT UNIVERSITY) Previous research revealed emotional displays incongruent with gender stereotypes can lead to more severe judgments and negative evaluations. We hypothesized men and women would be perceived as more blameworthy and less reasonable when displaying emotions counter-stereotypical to their gender%u2014such as a woman displaying anger or a man displaying anxiety%u2014while making decisions that result in negative outcomes. Results supported these hypotheses for reasonablity but not for blameworthiness, and women were perceived as less reasonable.POSTER 21MICROAGGRESSIONS IN COUNSELING AND HELP-SEEKING ATTITUDES AMONG HISPANIC/LATINE ADULTSMARIA HERNANDEZ (PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY), MIA MALONE (PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY), G%u00dcLER BOYRAZ (PACE UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY) This study investigated how racial/ethnic microaggressions in counseling (REMC) are related to help-seeking attitudes among 97 Hispanic/Latine adults with a history of engagement with psychological services. Participants were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk and completed an online survey. As hypothesized, REMC were negatively associated with attitudes toward help-seeking, which predicted lower intentions of seeking mental health care. These findings suggest the need for therapeutic training and practices that aim to address microaggressions in counseling.130