Subject: Are NFC and subjective well-being related? Survey-based Data from German schoolchildren of two different schools. Message Body: Are Need for Cognition and subjective well-being related? Survey-based Data from German schoolchildren of two different schools. Johanna Bruchmann*, Ina Strugale, Anja Strobel * Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Diagnostik, Technische Universität Chemnitz; johanna.bruchmann@psychologie.tuchemnitz.de Need for Cognition (NFC) is known as the tendency of an individual to engage in effortful cognitive activities and to enjoy thinking. NFC has been shown to be associated with better school performance (grades, attending university, less discontinuation of study) and more elaborate information processing. Recent findings point out that higher NFC could not only be beneficial for academic performance but also concerning emotionally demanding situations. For example, teacher trainees high in NFC coped emotional stress more active and problem oriented and students high in NFC experienced more well-being in university. With the aim of finding out whether higher NFC can help preventing stress in school and foster pupil’s subjective well-being, a survey-based study comprising 223 schoolchildren attending a secondary school (class 5 to 10) and 143 schoolchildren who visited a school for highly gifted and talented children (class 7 to 11) was conducted. We gathered self-reports about NFC, subjective well-being, achievement motives, school grades and self-estimated intelligence. Data were analyzed using correlational and regression analyses. According to the preliminary results of the highly gifted children, NFC is negatively associated with depressive mood (r = -.48) and positively with enjoyment of life (r = .26). Furthermore, regression analyses showed that NFC predicts depressive mood (b = -.032). The results of both samples underscore the assumption that NFC is beneficial for psychosocial health and wellbeing in school.