The study found different results according to the responder (the child or the mother). According to the mother, the effect of the interaction between the father’s and the mother’s controlling parenting style on the child’s psychosocial outcome is greater than the influence of each of the parenting styles taken separately. In the different domains, different combinations of parenting style lead to the desirable outcome. The child’s psychological adjustment is better when the mother’s controlling parenting style is high and father’s controlling parenting style is low. However, when social adjustment and functioning at home are considered, it is better for the child to have a low controlling mother and a high controlling father. When parenting styles are identical, both parents are highly controlling or do not comment at all, the child’s adjustment is low across all the domains. According to the child’s view the findings revealed that variables related to the family cohesion or parenting style could not moderate or reduce the child’s psychological stress. The mother’s rejecting parenting style even increased the child’s stress. Data were collected from 148 children between 8- and 11-years-old; 72 children of fathers with substance use problems who lived with their children and 76 children from families with no parental substance use history. Tables and references