There are limits to how much happiness is linked to sex.
People generally agree that a happy romantic relationship is also a sexual one, bu
t past research hasn’t made clear how much sex, exactly, is best. Does sex have a limitless effect on happiness, as in, the more sex you have the happier you are?
Or is there a cap after which the stress from trying to hit a certain number cancels out any happiness benefits the sex confers?
While this approach may have worked for some couples (notably, the ones who wrote books about it), new research suggests that there are limits to how much happiness is linked to sex.
New research published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science found that once couples are having sex about once a week, personal happiness and happiness in the relationship begins to level off.
To see if the happiest couples were also the ones having the most sex, Muise conducted three studies. The first, which drew data from a 23-year study of over 25,000 people, found that more sex is linked to higher levels of happiness, but
only until the frequency reaches about once a week. However, this relationship between happiness and sex held true only for people in relationships; for singletons, the statistical relationship between sex and happiness was not significant.
Several long-term studies suggest that
once-a-week sex actually is the norm for most established couples. Muise says there's no research about whether couples are happy about this, or if the couples even know this is the average frequency. One possible explanation for this number is that p
eople might intuitively feel that any more sex would just result in diminishing returns, but that has yet to be tested, Muise explained.
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Do you all Agree??
I feel like 2 or 3 times a week is good.
I'd be so mad if i was in a relationship ****ing once a week. We need to smash at least 3x a week.
