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173This study of first-year college students investigated the influence of neuroticism on loneliness, and the role of experiential avoidance (EA), academic self-efficacy, and academic amotivation as mediators in this relationship. Neuroticism was found to significantly predict loneliness. Additionally, both EA and amotivation fully mediated the neuroticism-loneliness relation. Academic self-efficacy did not mediate the relationship. Given the substantial impact of loneliness on health, identifying predictors of loneliness is important to develop effective prevention and intervention strategies.POSTER 47OUT WITH THE OLD: UPDATING RESEARCH ON ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN MENTAL HEALTHCOURTNEY STATON (SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY), ERIN SMITH (SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY) This study updates and expands existing and outdated literature on ethical dilemmas faced in mental health practice. Participants were practicing clinicians in the following fields: clinical social work, clinical psychology, professional clinical counseling, and marriage and family therapy. Participants answered questions about ethical dilemmas in several categories; and were asked to endorse those that they personally experienced. Results are reported and discussed in the context of differences from former studies and implications of the data.POSTER 48PEER APPROVAL AS A MODERATOR IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN IMPULSIVITY AND VAPINGXINYAO YU (DICKINSON COLLEGE), TIARA MCKINNEY (DICKINSON COLLEGE), SHARON KINGSTON (DICKINSON COLLEGE) This study aimed to examine the relationship between urgency a facet of impulsivity, peer approval and vaping behaviors among 471 college students. The current study examined the moderating role of peer approval. Results found that urgency predicted college students' vaping behaviors and peer disapproval strengthened this relationship suggesting that high levels of urgency reduce the impact of peer context on vaping. Results may be used to design interventions for college students at risk of vaping.POSTER 49PERSONALITY AND THE DARK TRIAD IN SEXUAL AGGRESSION TACTICS AMONG COLLEGE MALESLACIE ALT (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS -DARTMOUTH), NETANYA FRENKING (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - DARTMOUTH), CHLOE GRABANSKI (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS - DARTMOUTH), RAINA LAMADE (UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS -DARTMOUTH) Dark triad personality traits have been associated with sexual aggression, sexual coercion, or attitudes that condone sexual aggression. This study explores the relationship between personality traits (i.e., the Big Five), including the dark triad (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy; Paulhus & Williams, 2002) and tactics (e.g., use of alcohol, physical force, etc.) of sexual aggression in college males. This research aims to enhance our understanding of sexual aggression mechanisms to inform prevention and intervention strategies.POSTER 50PET ATTACHMENT AS A MODERATOR OF SOCIAL SUPPORT, OBSESSION-COMPULSION, AND PHOBIC ANXIETYKATLYN REYNOLDS (INDEPENDENT), SHELBY MCDONALD (COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY), ROSALIE CORONA (VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY), ANGELA MATIJCZAK (UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE.), CHLOE SOBOLEWSKI (VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY) LGBTQ+ individuals often experience reduced social support due to stigma and rejection, contributing to increased anxiety symptoms. This study investigates whether pet attachment moderates the relationship between social support and symptoms of obsessivecompulsive (OC) and phobic anxiety in 201 LGBTQ+ emerging adults. Moderation analyses explore the protective role of pet attachment in mitigating these symptoms. Findings may highlight the value of pets as supplemental emotional support in mental health interventions for marginalized populations.POSTER 51POLYVAGAL THEORY, MIRROR NEURONS, AND THERAPIST PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO CLIENT TRAUMA BEHAVIORPAUL FINN (SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE), KATANA CORNING (SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE), MARY-HANNAH GARLICK (SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE), KYLE PIERCE (SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE), ANYELINA MARTINEZ (SAINT ANSELM COLLEGE) Polyvagal behavior involving trauma history, coupled with mirror neuron behavior, clinician respiratory behavior may change in response to a change in client behavior. Via Noldus technology, integrated with Biodyne physiology, behavior, behaviors were analyzed 173Saturday, March 8