environmental stress and negative affect (Chassin et al., 1993) and more family conflict (Loukas et al., 2001). It is also likely that mothers’ ADS influence other aspects of parenting such as monitoring, discipline, or negative parenting practices that were not considered in our model, which may in turn affect adolescent outcomes. For example, Chassin and colleagues (1996) showed that mothers’ alcohol dependence was associated with lower maternal and paternal monitoring, which in turn was associated with higher adolescent substance use. Additional research is needed to further understand the pathways by which mothers’ alcohol problems may impact adolescent outcomes.
