A device-to-device (D2D) terminal for communicating in a wireless communication system supporting D2D communication includes: a receiver configured to receive information for setting the D2D searching interval corresponding to a D2D service type or D2D application type from a base station; and a processor configured to search an neighbor D2D terminal in a D2D searching interval corresponding to a D2D service type or a first D2D application type to be executed on the basis of the information for setting the D2D searching interval, to select any one D2D terminal from among the one or more searched neighbor D2D terminals in order to set a connection corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type, and to control the D2D communication corresponding to the first D2D service type or the first D2D application type with the selected D2D terminal according to the connection.