reflect genetic influence) and child behavior problems are stronger under conditions of lower parental monitoring, paralleling the finding from twin studies that genetic influences were stronger under conditions of lower parental monitoring. They provided yet another compelling rationale to study parental monitoring as a moderator of the effects associated with specific candidate genes involved in substance use and externalizing behavior, the effect which we subsequently demonstrated with respect to GABRA2 (Dick, Latendresse, et al., 2009).
