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The present study examined the effects of social withdrawal, parents’ over-control, and sense of community on adolescents’ life satisfaction. The data were drawn from the sixth wave panel data of the Korean Children and Youth Panel Study. A total of 2,056 third graders from high school (boys: 1,041, girls: 1,015) participated in the study. Data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. The results of the study are summarized as follows: First, both adolescents’ social withdrawal and parents’ over-control had direct effects on adolescents’ life satisfaction. Second, both adolescents’ social withdrawal and parents’ over-control had indirect effects on adolescents’ life satisfaction through adolescents’ sense of community. The study shows the need to focus on the underexplored facets of adolescents and their meaningful contexts in understanding their effects on adolescents' life satisfaction.