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This study aimed to examine the association between stress and suicidal behavior among multicultural adolescents, and to investigate the mediating role of happiness in the association and comparisons by school level. For the purpose, this study conducted analyses on a sample of 954 multicultural adolescents who live with at least one foreign-born parent from the raw data of the 2017 Korea Risk Behavior Web-based Survey. The main findings are as follows. First, multicultural adolescents’ stress was positively associated with their suicidal behavior. Second, multicultural adolescents’ happiness partially mediated the association between stress and suicidal behavior. Third, whereas happiness partially mediated the association between stress and suicidal behavior for high school students, happiness perfectly mediated that association for middle school students. Based on the findings, practice and policy implications to reduce suicidal behavior among multicultural adolescents were discussed.