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A Test of Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems As Mediators of Narcissism and Alcohol Use

Price, Mark C
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394884553

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2010, Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.), Xavier University, Psychology.
The primary focus of this study was to examine whether Gray's (1982) Behavioral Approach System (BAS) and Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) mediated the relationship between overt and covert narcissism and alcohol use in a sample of 129 college students. Results revealed the BAS fun seeking scale mediated the relation between overt narcissism and average typical consumption (point estimate - .01; Bias corrected and accelerated (BCA) confidence interval of .002 to .04), and the BAS drive scale mediated the relationship between overt narcissism and binge drinking frequency (point estimate = .02, BCA confidence interval .001 to .06). Covert narcissism was not related to alcohol use and mediation did not occur when the BAS and BIS were added as mediators. Results support delineation between overt and covert narcissism and add to an emerging body of literature linking overt narcissism to various forms of addictions through forms of impulsivity.
Susan L. Kenford, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Christine M. Dacey, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
Nicholas L. Salsman, Ph.D., ABPP (Committee Member)
129 p.
Behavioral Psychology; Clinical Psychology
narcissism; binge drinking; college students; inhibition; mediation

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  • Price, M. C. (2010). A Test of Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems As Mediators of Narcissism and Alcohol Use [Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394884553

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Price, Mark. A Test of Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems As Mediators of Narcissism and Alcohol Use. 2010. Xavier University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394884553.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Price, Mark. "A Test of Behavioral Approach and Inhibition Systems As Mediators of Narcissism and Alcohol Use." Doctoral dissertation, Xavier University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1394884553

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