title: Teen Line: a descriptive analysis of a peer telephone listening service.
abstract: Teen Line is a peer telephone listening service for adolescents. During its first year of operation, 2,270 phone calls were received. After an initial novelty effect, counts document a consistent level of use of the service. Two-thirds of the callers were female. Although 4% of topics discussed dealt with crisis situations (suicide, physical abuse), 96% were concerned with common, less urgent adolescent issues, such as peer relationships, family dynamics, and the need to have someone "just to talk to." This paper presents a model for an adolescent listening service and provides data garnered over a year's utilization. Consistent use documents its acceptance as a source of information for teenagers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo 43699.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Boehm
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chessare
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Valko
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sager
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D015277:Hotlines / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D010553:Personality Development; D011340:Problem Solving; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data