Standardized coefficients for the structural paths are presented in Figure 1. Consistent with the hypothesis, fathers’ ADS were negatively associated with fathers’ and mothers’ positive parenting behaviors. Mothers’ positive parenting, in turn, was negatively associated with adolescents’ risky drinking whereas fathers’ positive parenting was negatively associated with adolescents’ conduct problems. Contrary to prediction, neither fathers’ nor mothers’ ADS were directly associated with adolescents’ risky drinking and conduct problems. However, the indirect effect of fathers’ ADS on adolescents’ conduct problems via fathers’ positive parenting was statistically significant (ab = .021, SE = .008, p = .008). There was also an indirect effect (albeit marginally significant) of fathers’ ADS on adolescents’ risky drinking via mothers’ positive parenting (ab = .010, SE = .006, p = .067). Mothers’ ADS was not associated with their own or fathers’ positive parenting behaviors. Thus, there was no direct or indirect association (via mothers’ or fathers’ positive parenting) between mothers’ ADS and adolescents’ risky drinking and conduct problems.
