Internet Addiction in Adolescents

A Systematic Review of Nursing Studies

Özparlak, Arif BSN
Karakaya, Dudu PhD

Mr. Özparlak is Research Assistant and Dr. Karakaya is Assistant Professor, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Antalya, Turkey.

The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise. The protocol of this study was registered with PROSPERO International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (CRD4201912143).

Address correspondence to Dudu Karakaya, PhD, Assistant Professor, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing Department, Antalya 07058, Turkey; e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected].

Received June 25, 2019

Accepted November 05, 2019

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing & Mental Health Services 58(3):p 47-55, March 01, 2020. | DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20200115-01

Nursing studies related to internet addiction in adolescents were assessed in the current systematic review. Six databases were searched, and 35 studies were included. Internet addiction was found to have negative effects on adolescents' mental, psychosocial, and physical health, with 43.4%, 43.4%, and 8.8% of studies, respectively, examining these variables. Nursing practices to support adolescents' mental, psychosocial, and physical health should be planned and implemented and outcomes researched. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 58(3), 47–55.]