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Stress Management 101 For
College Students
by Dr.Ivor Lensworth
Livingston
StressHealth Institute International
Olney, Maryland
© 2007
Ivor Lensworth Livingston
350 pages
ISBNs
0-963153-6-0 (paperback)
Price, $24.95
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International P.O. Box 381 Olney, MD 20830-0381. Volume discounts are
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Telephone: 301-570-6672, Fax: 301-570-6672
E-mail: stresszero@comcast.net
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From
the Back Cover --
Stress Management 101 For College
Students is reservoir of information on stress and stress management
written especially for the typical college student. Information is
pulled from the existing literature, as well as the author’s extensive
experiences teaching at the university level for 20+ years, and as an
international stress management consultant and lecturer. The appealing
features of the book make it a must read for all college students who
are serious in knowing about stress and how to manage it effectively.
Additional qualities of the book that make it different and attractive
to readers include the following features:
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Easy-to-read with specially
drawn exhibits, designed to complement adjacent text.
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Easy-to-read tables and figures
that complement adjacent text.
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An analogy made between
stressors and the ferocious “tiger and the need to ultimately tame
the tiger.”
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The main sections of the book
following Dr. Livingston’s simplified 3-Stress I-R-M Approach to
Stress
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Analyzed empirical data showing
relationships involving the six main stressors discussed in the
book.
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Exercises and stress-related
information conveniently located in the Appendix.
- “While stress may remain a
constant feature of the collegiate experience, with Stress
Management 101 for College Students in hand, the accompanying
difficulties will be assuaged exponentially.” - Dr. Ron Stewart,
Associate Professor, SUNY-Bufflo State.
- “An important and informative
guide for college students in effective stress management. Mental
health practitioners andconsultants will also benefit from this
invaluable resource that provides a comprehensive assessment of the
context and coping strategies for stress among college students.” -
Dr. Colwick M. Wilson, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University.
- “To empower students to handle
stress in a positive way, Dr. Livingston has created an easy to
follow manual that will serve as a great companion on this journey
towards success.” - Dr. Llewellyn Cornelius, Professor, University
of Maryland.
- “In this book, Dr. Ivor
Livingston has skillfully presented the essentials about stress that
every college student needs to know in a way that would appeal to
the reader. It gives the tools to cope with modern day stress of the
college student.” - Dr. Thomas R. Wessel, Dean for Counseling and
Career Development and Director of University Counseling Service,
Howard University.
- “Professor Livingston’s book,
like no other, will aid students in handling stress effectively.” -
Sociology, University of Toledo.
- “Stress Management 101 is an
amazingly comprehensive tool chest full of thoughtful information
and real-life solutions for those who seek to maintain a healthy
mind, body, soul, and spirit while balancing the stressful and, at
times, unhealthy demands associated with being a college student.” -
Dr. Brian Gibbs, Assistant Professor, Harvard University.
- “In an increasingly globalized
world, even students in the alleged stress-free Caribbean will
benefit immensely from this timely publication.” - Dr. Dion
Phillips, Professor, University of the Virgin Islands.
Ivor Lensworth
Livingston, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.H.E.S. is an internationally known
stress management consultant and President of the StressHealth
Institute International. Dr. Livingston is also a Professor at
Howard University. He has over 20 years experience as a lecturer,
motivational speaker, and author on various aspects of stress and
its relationship to health (e.g., HIV/AIDS, alcoholism, depression,
diabetes, hypertension). He has published over 50 articles in
scientific journals and books, and is the author of four other
books. Two of these popular books are on stress
and they are entitled, “The ABCs of Stress Management” and
“Understanding Stress Using Pointed Illustrations.” Dr. Livingston
received his education at Howard University, Harvard University and
Johns Hopkins University.

Dr. Ivor Lensworth
Livingston
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