Abstract
Bullying has been connected to poor school environments and unsafe learning environments. This study therefore examined parenting processes, neighbourhood influence, and school factors as predictors of bullying among secondary school adolescents. Five Local Government Areas in Ibadan were purposively selected for the study. The researchers considered this because of the school violence cases reported in the area over time. The study used a random sample of 283 students across 10 secondary schools. The data for this study were gathered using reliable and standardized instruments. The results demonstrated that 16.61% of the respondents were below 12 years, 48.76% were between 13–15 years and 34.63% were above 15 years old; 38.52% of the respondents were from nuclear families, 55.48% were from extended families, and 6.00% were undecided. The strongest predictor of bullying among secondary school adolescents was school factors (β = .498; t = 11.369; p<0.05), followed by neighborhood influence (β = .381; t = 8.957; p<0.05) and parenting processes (β = .172; t = 3.834; p<0.05). It was decided that policy makers, school administrators, instructors, students, parents, and community members must all work together to reduce and prevent bullying.