Rethinking Stress in an Age of Ease: A Field Manual for Students of all Ages

A professor’s new book serves as a guide for understanding and combating one of the most pressing concerns of college students today: stress.

“Rethinking Stress in an Age of Ease: A Field Manual for Students of all Ages” is the third book by William Elenchin, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology and Criminology at St. Bonaventure.

“Psychological and sociological research tell us that levels of depression and anxiety have increased dramatically, especially over the last 30 years,” he noted. “That is really the core of what the book is about, that social dynamic of how, as things have become easier, levels of stress have actually increased instead of decreased.”