Abstract
To identify scientific evidence on the influence of internet use on adolescents' biopsychosocial health. Integrative review, with database search, using the descriptors "internet", "adolescent health" and "adolescent behavior". After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 16 articles were selected. Knowledge convergence produced for three main themes was demonstrated: "Internet exposure time and possible damages to adolescent health"; "Internet, adolescent and cyberbullying"; and "Internet as a source of information for adolescent health". The network involves an intricate network of interactions, providing varied behaviors and attitudes that reflect on adolescent health. Therefore, it is important to articulate nursing actions with the school community and the family, in order to carry out health education.
Highlights
The technological advance from the last decades has brought about unexpected changes in society, which have had relevance in the public and private sectors, as well as in the social, political and economic contexts(1)
It was established as a guiding question of the research: what is the influence of internet use on the biopsychosocial health of the adolescent?
Internet use is a global phenomenon for people and this practice is more common among adolescents, a fact that generates concern among the scientific community, especially among health professionals, especially in Psychology, due to its influence on behavior(6), which can affect the biopsychosocial health of the adolescent as a whole
Summary
The technological advance from the last decades has brought about unexpected changes in society, which have had relevance in the public and private sectors, as well as in the social, political and economic contexts(1). Internet was one of the technologies responsible for transforming people’s way of life It is characterized by being a worldwide network with high transmission capacity that allows dissemination of information, interaction and collaboration between individuals and computers, without the need for those involved to share the same physical space(2). Adolescence is understood by the scientific tradition as the phase of life between childhood and adulthood It results in the formation of identity, which is the result of the relations between biological and social dimensions, which are permeating throughout life. It is marked as a period of instability, doubts, curiosities and crisis. This concept has been undergoing a process of transformation related to the social representations of the adolescent himself, since at the present moment he has a symbolic representativeness highlighted in the different media channels(4), such as television, cinema and internet
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