Awat Azizi - Master of Sociology, Payam Noor University, Iran
Roghayye Zahedi - Master of Educational Sciences, Payam Noor University, Iran

In today's world, the Internet has affected the identity of generations in different intellectual and moral dimensions so that the resulting social damages are closely related to the category of information technology and globalization. Abnormal use of the Internet causes mental and intellectual dependence in such a way that some users seek refuge in an unreal space and spend their time in that world. It should be noted that today virtual space has become an inseparable part of human life and has affected all the affairs and fields of human life with rapid speed, hence the nature of this space and recognizing the conditions and requirements It is the first step to be a capable actor in this field, and any kind of inattention and neglect towards this phenomenon will cause dangerous injuries and damage to the society. The present research tries to examine the dimensions of cultural-psychological challenges of students in the context of virtual space, the research method in this descriptive study is survey type and among applied studies. The statistical population of the research is all the students of the sixth grade of elementary school in Baneh city, and ۲۰۰ people were selected as a statistical sample size by random method. The measurement tool in this research is a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity of which was approved by expert professors and its reliability using alpha Cronbach's was estimated at ۰.۸۰ and confirmed. It should be noted that the analysis of the findings was done with SPSS software. The findings showed that virtual space plays a key and effective role in students' lives, which will bring many challenges such as cultural and psychological challenges.

: cultural challenges, virtual space, communication technology