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This study aimed to examine the mediating effects of prosocial behavior in the relation between youth participation and sense of community in adolescents. Using the data of 485 adolescents residing in W region, this study used the structural equation model to see the mediating effect of prosocial behavior on the sense of community. According to the results, prosocial behavior had direct effects on sense of community. And mediated by prosocial behavior, youth participation had indirect effect on sense of community. This study examined the mediating effect of prosocial behavior on sense of community of adolescents, which can be the significance of this study in terms of overcoming the limit of presenting direct effects of factors on sense of community. On the basis of the results, practical suggestions to increase the youth participation, prosocial behavior and sense of community of adolescents were discussed.