Stress is a problem in life that everyone has to deal with. In the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2004) it is defined as "pressure or strain", and according to Ellis (1986): "Stress is the emotional and physical strain caused by our response to pressure from the outside world." Stress, as it is popularly seen, can be experienced under different conditions: A man's car breaks down on a busy freeway, a student has to study for an important final exam, a little boy being bullied in school, a woman must commute a total of three hours a day in rush hour traffic. All of these events are easily recognizable as realistic, if not common, experiences. Each of people in these scenarios can be identified as experiencing stress. Everybody experiences stress. It is normal to experience stress. College students, especially freshmen, are a group particularly prone to stress (D'Zurilla & Sheedy, 1991) due to the transitional nature of college life (Towbes & Cohen, 1996). They must adjust to being away......

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