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187POSTER 36NAVIGATING CHALLENGES AND UTILIZING SUPPORTS: LOW-INCOME STUDENTS' COLLEGE EXPERIENCESOLIVIA HARDIN (JUNIATA COLLEGE), JOLEYNA MARTINO (JUNIATA COLLEGE), SOPHIA REPHOLZ (JUNIATA COLLEGE), KAT WINSTEAD (JUNIATA COLLEGE), KATHRYN WESTCOTT (JUNIATA COLLEGE) This study examines the challenges faced by lowincome STEM students and how they utilize various supports to navigate these challenges. Interviews were conducted with seven undergraduate students and coded using thematic analysis. Initial analysis revealed the importance of autonomy within the student and motivation to overcome challenges. Family provides a range of supports, including \links to consistent self-drive demonstrated by students to overcome challenges. Implications for families and colleges will be discussed.POSTER 37NAVIGATING COLLEGE: WHO DO STUDENTS IDENTIFY AS THEIR PRIMARY SUPPORT AND WHY?YUANYUAN SUNCHEN (JUNIATA COLLEGE), GEUNMIN KIM (JUNIATA COLLEGE), ZOE BILES (JUNIATA COLLEGE), JILLIAN DALANSKY (JUNIATA COLLEGE), KATHRYN WESTCOTT (JUNIATA COLLEGE) This mixed-methods study aims to understand who first-year college students identify as their primary support and how these sources align with the types of support identified by Malecki and Demaray (2003). Initial analysis revealed similar levels of support across different relationship types.Parents were most frequently identified as the primary source of support, providing important emotional support to promote college success. Implications as well as future directions for research will be discussed.POSTER 38NAVIGATING TWO WORLDS: BILINGUALISM AND CULTURAL IDENTITY%u00e2%u20ac%u2039NATALY LOZA (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), SORA ROSEN (TOWSON UNIVERSITY), MARIA FRACASSO (TOWSON UNIVERSITY) One dimension of identity is cultural identity. This study determined whether language use, language proficiency, and age of language acquisition predict cultural identification among English-Spanish bilingual college students. Participants completed an online survey evaluating how their reported language relates to their identification with American and Hispanic cultures. Overall, this study helps researchers understand the relationship between language and identity while allowing participants to reflect on their cultural background and its influence on personal identity.POSTER 39PERSONALITY AND TROUBLED ZZZ'S: LINKING NEUROTICISM, NIGHTMARE FREQUENCY, AND SENSORY PROCESSING SENSITIVITY.ABBIE O'BRIEN (MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY), LINDSAY MORTON (MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY) Nightmares have been linked to the personality traits of neuroticism and sensory processing sensitivity. This study explored all three variables together in a crosssectional design with American adults (N = 138). Neuroticism and sensory processing sensitivity individually predicted nightmare frequency, but there was no significant interaction. Future research should focus on larger, more diverse samples to provide insights into necessary interventions.POSTER 40PERSONALITY DISORDER-LIKE SYMPTOMS IN PARENTS AND RELATIONSHIP CHARACTERISTICS OF OFFSPRINGELSA E. GRAF (BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY), JILL M. NORVILITIS (BUFFALO STATE UNIVERSITY) The relationship between parents and their offspring can impact the attachment style of the offspring later in life. This study examined the relationship between personality disorder-like symptoms in parents, as reported by participants, and its effect on independence, self-esteem, and attachment among 275 participants. Independence, self-esteem, and attachment were all found to be related to rates of personality disorder-like symptoms in parents.POSTER 41PHONE USE POSTURE AS A PREDICTOR OF CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCYEMMA BLAIR (MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY), OLIVIA KRAYNAK (MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY), SHAUN COOK (MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY), AMY DESMOND (PURSUIT VISION CENTER), SHAWN GALLAGHER (MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY) Phone use posture was hypothesized to predict convergence ability in binocular participants. A sample of students (n=55, M=21.13 years) participated in near point of convergence (NPC) tasks. Scores were compared with a measure of phone reading distance 187Saturday, March 8