en Cognition پژوهشي Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Introduction: </strong>Cyberspace covers many aspects of human life and the tendency to cyberspace can influence his cognitive and emotional aspects.&nbsp;<br> <strong>Objectives: </strong>Therefore, the purpose of the present study was to model the structural relationships of metacognitive states and the tendency to virtual networks mediated by the social adjustment in gifted students.&nbsp;<br> Materials and Methods: This correlational-descriptive research using structural equations modeling was conducted on all 300 eleventh grade gifted students of Sampad High School studying experimental sciences in the academic year 2019 in Gorgan city. A total of 300 students were selected through the census method and evaluated by the Virtual Networks Questionnaire by Mojarradi et al. State Metacognitive Inventory by O&rsquo;Neill & Abedi, and California Test of Personality. Data analysis was done by structural equation modeling using SPSS 18 and Amos 23 software.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> The results showed a significant negative relationship between metacognitive states and social adjustment, and tendency to virtual networks (P&le;0.01). The research model was well-fit and confirmed. Also, 0.31 of the variance of the tendency to virtual networks was explained by metacognitive states and social adjustment and social adaptability played a mediating role in the relationship between metacognitive states and the tendency to virtual networks (P&le;0.01).<br> <strong>Conclusion:</strong> Changes in tendency to cybersecurity can be explained directly based on metacognitive and indirect social adjustment states in gifted students. This study has practical implications for school counselors.</div> Social adjustment, Metacognitive, Networks, Gifted 149 157 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-206-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Alireza Sangani sangany.psycho@gmail.com 10031947532846002780 10031947532846002780 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. Behnam Makvandi senkh.1991@gmail.com 10031947532846002781 10031947532846002781 Yes Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. Parviz Asgari parvizasgari@gmail.com 10031947532846002782 10031947532846002782 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran. Saeed Bakhtiarpour saeed12@gamil.com 10031947532846002783 10031947532846002783 No Department of Psychology, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.