The family is indicated to be the first environment that has one of the most important roles in the shaping of the future behaviour of children and their psychological well-being. Variation in family characteristics, such as household income, family processes, family structure have been reported as risk factors for the development of psychological problems later on in adolescents. For example, lower family income (Akpan et al., 2010), polygamy (Fatoye, 1998), lower socio-economic class (Frigerio et al., 2009; Sawyer et al., 1990),