Carnegie Mellon University
May 08, 2015

Researchers Find More Sex Doesn't Lead To Increased Happiness

Researchers Find More Sex Doesn't Lead To Increased Happiness

Countless research and self-help books claim that having more sex will lead to increased happiness, based on the common finding that those having more sex are also happier.

In the first study to examine the causal connection between sexual frequency and happiness, Carnegie Mellon University researchers found that simply having more sex did not make couples happier, in part because the increased frequency led to a decline in wanting for and enjoyment of sex.

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