Abstract
Rats that lived in activity wheels were either food deprived or not food deprived and either allowed control or no control over footshock in a conditioning chamber. Measures of consumption of alcohol across successive phases of the experiment where footshock was administered or discontinued showed no direct effect of the footshock experiences on alcohol consumption. Food and water intake, body weight, and running-wheel activity were measured also, and direct effects of footshock on these measures were observed. Alcohol consumption was related to variables that reflected changes in caloric requirement. The possibility was discussed that footshocks and coping stresses affected a general food consumption or metabolic factor and any effect of the footshock procedures on alcohol intake was related to these factors primarily and to footshock only indirectly.
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