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The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating effect of social withdrawal on the relationship between perceived neighborhood characteristics and depression in multicultural adolescents. The participants were 1,308 adolescents of the multicultural family, with data taken from the 6th year(2016) Multicultural Adolescents Panel Study(MAPS). A structural equation model was conducted to examine hypotheses and bootstrapping was used to examine the mediating effect. The results showed that perceived neighborhood characteristics and social withdrawal were found to have a direct impact on depression. Further, social withdrawal had a partial mediating effect on the relationship between perceived neighborhood characteristics and depression. Based on the results, suggestions and implications were provided to heighten the level of perceived neighborhood characteristics and to lower the level of social withdrawal and depression.