Acknowledgments —Tina a. CoffelT : Introduction: Lifespan Communication Theory Approach to Sexual Communication — Tina a. CoffelT : Toward a Conceptualization of Interpersonal Sexual Communication —Tamara D. afifi, Callie Parrish, anD ChanTel haughTon : Parent– Child Communication about Sex — BeTTy h. la franCe anD Jeffrey a. hall : Communication, Courtship, and the Emerging Adult —Tina a. CoffelT : Strategies and Tactics to Abstain and Delay from Sexual Activity — Kami a. KosenKo : Interpersonal Sexual Communication and Condom Use in Emerging Adulthood — maDeleine r. hollanD anD Pamela J. lannuTTi : Same Sex Couples and Sexual Communication — amanDa Denes, Chelsea guesT, anD KaTrina T. WeBBer : Negotiating Sexual Relationships — roi esTlein anD Jennifer a. Theiss : Interpersonal Sexual Communication during Childbearing and Childrearing: Negotiating Relational Turbulence and Interpersonal Closeness during Pregnancy and Beyond —JessiCa m. W. KraTzer : Aging Adult Sexuality: Talking through Physical and Physiological Changes — g. JosePh samPle, Jennifer a. margreTT, anD gayle aPPel Doll : Capacity to Consent: Nonnormative Aging, Cognitive Change, and Interpersonal Sexual Communication — Jimmie manning : Continuing the Conversation: Additional Directions for Interpersonal Sexual Communication — Contributors — index .