The aim of the present study was to gain insight into the
associations between parental problem drinking, parenting,
and adolescent alcohol use in a sample of Dutch
families. The first main finding shows that, except for
alcohol-specific behavioral control, parental problem
drinking does not structurally affect parenting over time.
More alcohol-related problems did not result in less
behavioral control, less general support, or higher permissiveness.
Our results differ from those of other
studies in which significant relations between parental