The paper presents the results of theoretical and empirical study of psychological well-being from a cognitive point of view, as a mental representation, including the experience of responding to the diverse dynamic challenges of a social situation. We suggested that psychological well-being is a mental schema. We presented the results of the empirical study performed on a sample (N = 111, aged from 18 to 40 years old), divided into two age groups: 18–25 years old (n = 55) and 26–40 years old (n = 56), using adapted questionnaire by R. A. Steffenhagen and J. D.
