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Effects of coping behavior in different warning signal conditions on stress pathology in rats.

Weiss, Jay M.·1971·Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Abstract

Rats received electric shock that was preceded by either a warning signal, a series of signals forming an external clock, or no signal at all. In all conditions, subjects which could avoid and/or escape shock developed less ulceration than, did yoked animals which received exactly the same shock (through fixed electrodes wired in series) but had no control over shock. Presence or absence of a warning signal did, however, have an effect: A discrete warning signal reduced the ulceration both of subjects having control over shock and of yoked helpless subjects. A theory is proposed to explain how psychological factors determine the development of gastric ulceration in stress situations, and the present results are examined in relation to it. In 1968 I reported that rats which could avoid or escape electric shocks lost less body weight, developed fewer stomach ulcers, and showed less fear in a stressful situation (as measured by a CER test) than did rats which received exactly the same electric shocks but could not avoid or escape them (Weiss, 1968a). A previous study which had also examined the effects of coping behavior on the development of psychosomatic pathology obtained results opposite to these. Brady, Porter, Conrad, and Mason (1958), in a study which became known as the monkey experiment (Brady, 1958), found that in four pairs of monkeys, animals which could avoid electric shocks eventually developed severe gastrointestinal pathology and died, while animals which receive…

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Authors
Weiss, J. M.
Affiliations
Rockefeller University (US)
Corresponding author
Weiss, Jay M.
Venue
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Published
1971
Volume
77
Issue
1
Pages
1-13
ISSN
0021-9940 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2107819622
Cited by
390
References
14
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FWCI
6.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Gastrointestinal motility and disorders
Keywords
coping styles, warning signs, stress, gastric ulcer, psychosomatic pathology, electric shock, avoidance, escape, helplessness, yoked control, rats
MeSH terms
Animals, Auditory Perception, Avoidance Learning, Behavior, Animal, Body Weight, Conditioning, Psychological, Corticosterone, Disease Models, Animal, Drinking Behavior, Electroshock, Escape Reaction, Feedback, Humans, Immobilization, Locomotion, Male, Psychophysiologic Disorders, Sound, Stomach Ulcer, Stress, Physiological, Rats

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