is not inconsistent with prior findings. For example, Stanger and colleagues (Stanger et al. 2004) found that poor parental monitoring and inconsistent parental discipline led to more externalizing behavior in children - a scenario that could be relatively more likely to affect a daughter of an alcoholic mother. In addition, psychological traits in mothers and fathers interact differently with such traits in their children to influence internalizing and externalizing behavior. In particular, in the mother (but not the father) novelty seeking – a trait associated with substance misuse – may interact with harm avoidance in the child to promote externalizing behavior (Rettew et al. 2006).
