Students: Chris Fiegel, Riley Koch
College or University: Penn State Lehigh Valley
Advisor: Dr. Nicole Ryerson

ABSTRACT
Keywords: narcissism, alcohol use, archival experimental data, N1 ERP

Alcohol use, narcissism, and neurophysiological response to alcohol cues shape various decisions and actions in the daily lives of many individuals around the world. Using archival experimental data, this study set out to examine the relationship between narcissism, self-reported alcohol use, and neurological responses – measured by the N1 ERP waveform – to alcohol cues included in the dot probe task. The study was pre-registered using the Open Science Framework (OSF) tool through the Center of Open Science’s organization. The a priori hypotheses for the current study were correlational and explored the relationship between the aforementioned variables. A significant positive relationship between NPI scores and AUDIT scores was found, while the second a priori hypothesis and two additional exploratory hypotheses were not supported. Implications of this study suggest the need for the continued research into treatment, intervention, and prevention programs for alcohol use disorders and unhealthy actions related to narcissistic personality traits.