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184POSTER 19IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, WHERE ARE WE ACTUALLY GOING?TAMHEEDA KHAN (COLBY COLLEGE), LUCY MAGUIRE (COLBY COLLEGE), MOLLY MUELLER (COLBY COLLEGE), RHEA BAKSHI (COLBY COLLEGE), ERIN SHEETS (COLBY COLLEGE) Valuing happiness, or viewing happiness as a focal goal, is problematic for well-being while prioritizing positivity, or engaging in happiness-promoting behaviors, has the opposite effect. Discrepancy in emotional expectation versus experience offers a potential explanation for this difference. In a sample of 132 college students, prioritizing positivity and valuing happiness were confirmed as distinct phenomena with opposite effects on well-being. Discrepancy in emotional experiences partially mediated therelationship between valuing happiness and well-being.POSTER 20INDIRECT ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SEXISM AND STALKING SURVIVOR HEALTH THROUGH POSTTRAUMATIC COGNITIONSKELLY SIMONS (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON), HANNAH SHIPP (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON), MARS DANSIE (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON), JORDYN ANDERSON (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON), ISABELLA WILSON (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON), LAURA WILSON (UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON) This online survey investigated the indirect association between sexism and mental and physical health consequences of stalking through the mechanism of post-traumatic cognitions. Our sample consisted of 236 cisgender women who had experienced stalking. The results suggested that negative views about the self and world accounted for the indirect association between benevolent sexism and three health outcomes. The indirect association between hostile sexism and depression symptoms via self-blame was also statistically significant.POSTER 21INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN CAPTIVE SEA LION BEHAVIOR (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS)MARIA PERRINO (MANHATTAN UNIVERSITY), MARIA MAUST-MOHL (MANHATTAN UNIVERSITY) The California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) is a charismatic and cognitively advanced species yet little is known about their personalities. In this study, observations of individual behavior, individual use of space, and group use of space were conducted in the Summer of 2024 on the sea lions at the Bronx Zoo to examine individual differences. Results revealed no significant differences among individuals or the group, however, patterns in their behavior warrant further examination.POSTER 22INTERRUPTED JOURNEYS: EXPLORING PREDICTORS OF STUDENT SUCCESS POSTUNIVERSITY SHUTDOWNSAARIN MCMAHON (SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY), DEBORAH WARD (SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY) Within the past year, 28 colleges/ universities have closed their doors%u2014many with little warning. What happens to students at these institutions? The present research explored factors that predict positive social/academic outcomes within a sample (N=93) ofso-called \enrolled at their present university because their original institution closed. Generally, resilience (i.e., sense one can manage the challenge of their university closing) predicted positive outcomes (e.g., greater belonging, higher academic self-efficacy).POSTER 23INVESTIGATING ALCOHOL USE, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, FAMILY HISTORY, AND NICOTINE DEPENDENCEARIEL BEARD (SAINT VINCENT COLLEGE) I studied smokeless tobacco dependence, cigarette dependence, e-cigarette dependence, alcohol dependence, family history of substance abuse, alcohol abuse, depression, and anxiety as predictors of anxiety and depression. Family history of depression and substance abuse, age, gender, and alcohol dependence predicted depression. Age, family history of anxiety and depression, alcohol dependence, gender, and smokeless tobacco predicted anxiety. Nicotine-based predictors could not be adequately assessed because nicotine use was infrequent in my sample.POSTER 24INVESTIGATING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD POLICE PRESENCE AND SLEEP QUALITYNICOLE M. HOLBROOK (LEHMAN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), MIA BUDESCU (LEHMAN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), MARTIN J. DOWNING, JR. (LEHMAN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) 184