A collection of 14 essays on sexual behaviour, from adolescence to old age, and covering such groups as singles, married couples, homosexuals and African-American men and women. This volume also looks at topics such as the effects of chronic disease and medication on sexual functioning.

I The Biopsychosocial Perspective1 Eros and Caritas: A Biopsychosocial Approach to Human Sexuality and Reproduction, Alice S. Rossi II Sexual Diversity: History, Culture, and Lifestyle 2 Human Sexuality, Life Histories, and Evolutionary Biology, Jane B. Lancaster 3 Attitudes toward Sexual Permissiveness: Trends, Correlates, and Behavioral Connections, Tom W. Smith 4 Sexuality among African-American Women, Claire Sterk-Elifson 5 African-American Male Sexuality through the Early Life Course, Benjamin P. Bowser 6 Single Worlds and Homosexual Lifestyles: Patterns of Sexuality and Intimacy, Martha R. Fowlkes III Sexuality at Selected Phases of the Life Course 7 Getting Started on Sexual Behavior, J. Richard Udry and Benjamin C. Campbell 8 Changing Lives, Changing Genres: Teenage Girls' Narratives about Sex and Romance, Sharon Thompson 9 Sexuality, Marriage, and Well-Being: The Middle Years, John N. Edwards and Alan Booth 10 Age-Related Variation in Sexual Activity and Interest in Normal Men: Results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study, John B. McKinlay and Henry A. Feldman 11 Sex and Sexuality in Later Life Stages, Judith A. Levy IV Selected Health Issues 12 Impact of Chronic Disease and Medication on Sexual Functioning, Raul C. Schiavi 13 Sexual Problems and Therapies: A Quarter Century of Developments and Changes, Richard Green 14 Sexual Offending and Victimization: A Life Course Perspective, Richard J. Gelles and Glenn Wolfner