Examination of Veteran Fathers' Parenting and Their Adolescent Children's Substance Use in the United States

National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs) data were used to examine the association between Veteran father and non-Veteran father's parental involvement, parent-child communication, and parental beliefs about child substance use on adolescent substance use. Parenting characteristics were associated with adolescent substance use, and some difference between Veteran and non-Veteran fathers were found.