investigation of the relationships between internet addiction, social anxiety and happiness in adolescents (arnavutkoy case)

Objective: the aim of this study is to examine the relationships between internet addiction, social anxiety and happiness in adolescents.methods: in the study, the determination of the relationships between internet addiction, social anxiety and happiness was carried out according to the relational screening model, which is a subtype of the general screening model. the data was collected from a total of 1170 students, 683 girls and 487 boys, studying in arnavutköy district in the 2023-2024 academic year.results: according to the findings of the research; there is a positive (0.01<= .314) moderately significant relationship between internet addiction and social anxiety, a negative (0.01 <= -.394) moderately significant relationship between internet addiction and happiness, and a negative (0.01<= -.394) moderately significant relationship between social anxiety and happiness. 0.01 <= -,350) was found to be a moderately significant relationship.conclusions: in addition, when compared by gender, female students' happiness averages and social anxiety averages were significantly higher than male students; it was observed that the internet addiction averages were higher for boys than for girls.