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The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of youth activities on school life adjustment and verify the mediating effects of a sense of community. This study used the data of Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KYPS) for repeated follow-up surveys for seven and a half years between 2010 (7th graders) and 2016 (first year university students) by National Youth Policy Institute. The data on 8th graders of the second year in 2010 were used. The results can be summarized as follows: First, it was showed that the youth activities had a statistically significant effect on the school life adjustment. Second, it showed that the youth activities had a statistically significant effect on a sense of community. Third, it showed that a sense of community had a statistically significant effect on the school life adjustment. Fourth, it was showed that the mediating effects of a sense of community were verified in the path of school life adjustment.