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29Despite their challenges, many parents experiencing homelessness demonstrate resilience. When parents struggle to cope effectively, the negative impacts of their adversity may extend to their children. In our study, positive parenting emerged as a protective factor, such that infants of parents with more past adversity showed greater reactivity to stressful tasks only when the parent-child relationships were characterized by less positive parenting.POSTER 44PARENTAL MEDIA USE AS A CO-REGULATION STRATEGY AND CHILDREN'S EMOTION REGULATIONKYLEE SMITH (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), KATHERINE STEVENSON (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), HEATHER LAMONT (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), JEVON SMALLS (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), KIMBERLY ADOLFSON (WASHINGTON COLLEGE), TIA MURPHY (WASHINGTON COLLEGE) This study examined associations between mothers' use of media as a co-regulation strategy and their sixyear-old children's emotion regulation. Eighty mothers completed surveys and results indicated that mothers' use of constructive and passive media was negatively associated with children's emotion regulation. Moreover, maternal use of emotion coaching and dismissal were correlated with emotion regulation (positively and negatively, respectively). With the increase of technology use, our study cautions against using media when children are distressed.POSTER 45PATHWAYS INTO RELATIONSHIPS AND THEIR EFFECT ON RELATIONSHIP OUTCOMESHALEY TISCHLER (MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY), GARY LEWANDOWSKI (MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY) This study examines the effects of relationship pathways (friends-first versus strangers-first) on relationship outcomes. Using a sample of 89 undergraduate students, findings revealed that friendsfirst relationships were associated with higher satisfaction and companionate love, while strangersfirst relationships showed faster progression, but significantly more boredom. No significant differences emerged for passionate love. These results emphasize the role of a relationship's beginnings and its influence on trajectory, offering insights into fostering long-term fulfillment.POSTER 46PERCEPTIONS OF ACNE VULGARIS AND ACADEMIC STRESS SEVERITY IN COLLEGE STUDENTSARIANNA DINAPOLI (CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY), JASON SIKORSKI (CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY) This study examined biological sex and academic stress as predictors of perceived acne appearance using a large, non-clinical, college student sample. Self-perceptions of back and chest acne were most harsh when the person felt overwhelmed by their workload. Future studies could aim to track self-report ratings and objective ratings longitudinally. The impact of stress management applications for reducing objective symptoms and managing acne perceptions long-term and in-the-moment is worthy of further analysis.POSTER 47PERCEPTIONS OF CRIMINALITY IN OFFENDERS WITH DIAGNOSED MENTAL ILLNESSESANISSA GOMEZ (ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES), LILLIAN RODRIGUEZ STEEN (ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES) Research indicates a link between mental illness and criminal involvement. The present study examined how mental illness impacts perceptions of offenders. Sixty participants read one of three vignettes and answer a series of questionnaires. Results do not suggest a difference in perceptions of the offender between the different mental illnesses. However, there appeared to be a correlation between attitudes towards both mental illness and criminal behaviors and the perceptions of a mentally ill offender.POSTER 48PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESSCAMRYN NAGLE (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), EMMA CALDWELL (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), MORGAN JONES (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), JOSEPH BATTAGLIA (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), SOPHIA DA COSTA (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), GIANNA ASSUNCAO (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON), PATRICK ORR (UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON) Students at a university (n=50) participated in a study investigating perceptions of the factors that cause mental illness and how it relates to stigma held, and students' understanding of their brain. Participants read vignettes and provided open-ended responses and quantitative ratings in response to statements. We 29Friday, March 7