Knowing that marital satisfaction acts as a mediator for mothers and as a partial mediator for fathers between paternal alcoholism and warm/sensitive parenting has important clinical implications. Interventions that target the marital dyad can help offset the negative impact that fathers' drinking can have on parent–child relationships. Indeed, researchers and clinicians have implemented behavioral couple therapy (BCT) with substance abusing individuals. A great deal of research has been conducted documenting its effectiveness (see Fals-Stewart, O' Farrell, Birchler, Cordova, & Kelley, 2005); findings from these studies have shown that BCT reduces substance use and improves overall family functioning. Moreover, studies have also found that BCT is effective in improving overall relationship functioning (e.g., O'Farrell, Murphy, Stephan, Fals-Stewart, & Murphy, 2004). Other researchers have incorporated parent skills training as an adjunct to treatment for substance abusing parents (e.g., Catalano, Haggerty, Gainey, & Hoppe,1997; Catalano, Haggerty, Fleming, Brewer, & Gainey, 2002). Findings show that such programs improve parenting behaviors and decrease parental substance use, which in turn may help to decrease delinquent behavior in children. The results from the current investigation provide support
