Assessing the Relationships between Internet Addiction, Depression, COVID-19-Related Fear, Anxiety, and Suspicion among Graduate Students in Educational Administration: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

This study aims to examine the relationships between Internet addiction, depression, COVID-19-related fear, anxiety, and suspicion in graduate students. A total of 482 students pursuing a master’s degree educational administration participated study, which was designed according relational survey model. The data were collected using online questionnaires, proposed hypotheses tested analyzed structural equation modeling (SEM). results revealed that positively significantly predicted fear anxiety. In this context, increased due COVID-19 also their possibility they would exhibit depressive behaviors. However, positive significant relationship found depression. result confirms participant led an increase depression scores. SEM have shown anxiety related students’ levels increases addiction levels. addition, has negligible indirect effect on addiction. conclusion, hypothetical model is confirmed after having examined among suspicion.