Buchholz et al (2026)
What was the sample for Buchholz's study?
Purposive sampling, they needed women with PTSD
What was the sample for Bolstad and Zinbarg's study?
Self selected participants (117 female undergraduates)
What was the method used in Buchholz's study?
Lab: The participants completed a clinical evaluation involving measurements of PTSD symptoms, rumination, depressive symptoms, and an emotion interface task afterward
What was the method used in Bolstad and Zinbarg's study?
Participant Profile Form (PPF)
What was the aim in Buchholz's study?
Making connections between rumination and emotional stimuli in patients with PTSD
What was the aim of Bolstad and Zinbarg's study?
Bolstad and Zinbarg that people that go through sexual abuse within their childhood that results in the person developing an expectaion that they can’t predict their future and that it is beyond their control
What were the findings in Buchholz's study?
It was found that women with PTSD, who had higher rates of rumination are predicted to experience greater difficulty when it comes to preventing negative emotional stimuli
What were the findings in Bolstad and Zinbarg's study?
Bolstad and Zinbarg found that the participants that had experienced multiple cases of sexual abuse were the ones that had a lower perception of control or in other words an external locus of control.
What was the theory of cognitive origin that influenced Buchholz's study?
Response style theory, proposing that the patterns in which people think are what's responsible for mental disorders.
What was the theory of cognitive origin that influenced Bolstad and Zinbarg's study?
Bolstad and Zinbarg’s study was based off of the locus of control. Which is were people with an external locus of control see their tragedy as it being beyond their control and they are more likely to develop PTSD.