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This purposed of this was to investigate the relations among empathic ability, school life adjustment, life satisfaction in adolescents and to examine the mediation effect of life satisfaction. The subjects of study were 329 high school students(182 male students and 147 female students) in Seoul-Incheon area. They were assessed by the empathic ability scale, the school life adjustment scale and the life satisfaction scale. To examine the mediating effect, correlation analysis and regression analysis of the data collected through this was conducted. The findings of the study were as follows: First, there were significant positive correlations between empathic ability and life satisfaction. Second, there were significant positive correlations between empathic ability and school life adjustment. Third, there were significant positive correlations between life satisfaction and school life adjustment. Fourth, a partly mediating effect of life satisfaction was found on between empathic ability and school life adjustment of adolescents. These results suggest that life satisfaction is an important variable for assisting school life adjustment and it is important for intervention to improve life satisfaction. Finally, implications and limitations of the study were discussed.