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The purpose of this study was to verify the mediation effects of basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship of parent-adolescent communication patterns and suicidal ideation according to the gender. To verify this, structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis were conducted on 247 students in 1st grade, at an academic high school in Gyeoggi, Yangju. The results are as follows. First, the open communication between parents and adolescents had negative effect on suicidal ideation. Second, the open parent-adolescent communication showed a positive effect on the basic psychological needs satisfaction. Third, there was a partial medication effect on basic psychological needs satisfaction in the relationship of the effects of parent-adolescent communication patterns and adolescents’ suicidal ideation. Finally, there was a difference according to gender in the effects of variables on suicidal ideation. Based on these results, this study discussed the implications and the interventions to reduce adolescents’ suicidal ideation.