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11depression was associated with negative parenting styles. Further, positive parenting was associated with better child social functioning and negative parenting was associated with worse child behavior at 2 years old. Targeting parental depression and parent-child interactions during and shortly after the NICU may help enhance child development.POSTER 51PARENTAL TECHNOFERENCE, PERCEIVED CHILD BEHAVIOR, AND THE PROTECTIVE ROLE OF ATTACHMENT ANXIETYMONICA MACHADO (THE NEW SCHOOL), SYDNEY SEGAL (THE NEW SCHOOL), MIRIAM STEELE (THE NEW SCHOOL) This study explores risk and resilience factors pertaining to the parent-child attachment relationship and technoference, the interruption of interpersonal interactions due to technology devices (Gergen, 2002; McDaniel, 2015). Parents completed a survey tocapture child behaviors, attachment styles, parental and digital stress, and parental technoference. Increased child internalizing and externalizing behaviors and parent-child conflict positively correlated with parental technoference. Attachment anxiety predicted lower technoference, suggesting stronger parental sensitivity to their device use and their child.POSTER 52PARENTING AND CHILD CORRELATES OF MATERNAL BURNOUTTIA MURPHY (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), EMILY BOGGS (WASHINGTON COLLEGE) This study examined if parenting practices mediated the associations between maternal burnout and child outcomes in a sample of 405 mothers. Positive parenting practices partially mediated the associations between burnout and child's social competence, autonomy, emotion regulation, prosocial behavior, and closeness. Negative parenting practices partially mediated the associations between burnout and child's autonomy, compliance, negativity, emotion regulation, externalizing, conflicts, and closeness. These results point to the deleterious effects parental burnout can have on children.POSTER 53PARENTING, ATTACHMENT, AND SEXUAL IDENTITY COMMITMENTDINA VUKEL (QUEENS COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), DOV FRANK (QUEENS COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK), CLAUDIA BRUMBAUGH (QUEENS COLLEGE, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK) This study aims to unify popular developmental theories, including theories of attachment, parenting, and identity. We use these frameworks to understand how parenting affects attachment and sexual identity development. Those with authoritative mothers were more securely attached, and those with authoritarian mothers were more insecure. We also observed an association between authoritarian parenting and negative sexual self-concept. Our results indicate parenting affects attachment systems, commitment to a sexual identity, and commitment to healthpromoting long-term relationships.POSTER 54PARENTS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS: AGE AT FIRST BIRTH, PARENTAL SELF-EFFICACY AND SOCIAL SUPPORTANSLEY HERRON (VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY), ALEXANDRA STEFANOVICI (VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY), JANETTE HERBERS (VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY) A sample of parents experiencing homelessness with their children (n=35) participated in interviews focusing on their relationships with their children and life experiences. Age when their first child was born was negatively correlated with parental self-efficacy (PSE). An interaction term in a multiple linear regression model revealed a trend for a moderation effect: an association between social support and PSE was positive for parents with fewer children and negative for parents with more children.POSTER 55PREPARING FOR SCHOOL: THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONAL FLEXIBILITY AT 3.5 YEARSKYRA LEININGER (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), ROXANNE DUBASH (BOSTON UNIVERSITY), KATIE KAO (BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL), AMANDA TARULLO (BOSTON UNIVERSITY) Performance of 3.5 year olds on emotional flexibility tasks was examined to investigate the relationship between emotional flexibility and pre-academic skills. These tasks assessed enhancement and suppression for both positive and negative emotions. Highersuppression of negative emotions was associated with improved pre-academic skills, even when controlling for differences in income-to-needs ratio or age. Findings suggest that in regards to school readiness, suppression of negative emotions may be more important than overall emotional flexibility.11Friday, March 7