This article aims to perform a systematic literature review, national and international, in the period between 2005 to 2010, on internalizing symptoms in adolescence and family relationships. Initially, a survey was conducted in indexed articles in the Academic Search Premier, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), ISI Web of Knowledge, Lilacs, MEDLINE databases with Full Text, and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online), using the descriptors in Portuguese, "problemas internalizantes" or "sintomas internalizantes" and "adolescência ou adolescente ou jovem" and "família" and in English, "internalizing problems or internalizing symptoms" and "adolescence or adolescent or teenager" and "family". The articles were classified according to the publication year, country, the methodology, the measurement instrument for internalizing behaviors, and also about the main issue related. In the international literature, we found a predominance of empirical studies and quantitative character, performed mainly in the United States. In Brazil, there was a paucity of studies integrating the themes of internalizing symptoms in adolescence and family relationships. We found only two articles, which indicates the need for more research in this area in our country.
Adolescence; Internalizing symptoms; Family relations
