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Abstract
The present study aimed at investigating the association between self-control and bullying behaviour of secondary school students comprising 140 students from grade 9th and 10th. The sampleconsisted of 63 female and 77 male students selected randomly from public secondary school in Nekemte town, Ethiopia. Product moment correlation coefficient was used to see the relationship between students’ self-control skills and their participation in school bullying. The result showed that there is a negative relationship between self-control and bullying behaviour of students. Simple linear regression was also usedto determine the role of self-control on students bullying behaviour. The result indicates that self-control has a negatively significant contribution for students’ participation in bullying incidences. Further, independent samples t-test was employed to look at whether there is gender difference in self-control and the result showed no significance difference between boys and girls. Therefore, effective socialization skills were imperative by parents and guardians to develop high self-control skills for their children to minimize the participation of children in school bullying.