Paternal alcohol diagnosis at 12 months was predictive of fathers' lower marital satisfaction (β=−.19, p<.05) and warmth and sensitivity at 24 months (β=−.34, p<.05). Paternal alcohol diagnosis was also associated with warmth and sensitivity at 36 months, although in the direction opposite to what was expected; paternal alcohol diagnosis was predictive of higher warmth and sensitivity at 36 months (β=.22, p<.05). Higher marital satisfaction at 24 months was predictive of higher warmth and sensitivity at 36 months (β=.19, p<.05). Finally, using the formula proposed by Sobel (1982), results indicated that the indirect effect of paternal alcoholism at 12 months and parenting at 36 months through marital satisfaction at 24 months was significant (z=−2.15, p<.05).
