Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow it.

With my roommate Elena, I’ve been unhappy and stressed out over the fact that my roommate may or may not be coming back next year to room with me. We have been the best of friends since our first days in elementary school, and I can’t imagine anyone else as my roommate. (Note that the roommate does not seem to realize that this uncertainty is making her edgy and irritable.) Everything she does right now is getting to me. I don’t like it when she comes in late and wakes me, doesn’t study when I do, and is too busy with her other friends to eat with me. We don’t see each other any more and here we are roommates!

Anyway, yesterday she left the room and took my laptop computer without asking me. I really erupted. I went hunting for her and found her in the library lobby typing notes with a couple of her classmates. I went right up to her and grabbed my laptop.

I really told her off and left with it. She and her friends just stared at me.

a. Which type of stress is the roommate experiencing?

b. What specific techniques might she use to counter her stress?

c. How might she develop a more playful spirit?

d. How might the ABC model be applied in her situation?