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Topics: Psychology, Sex and Relationships
Callum Jones
A recently published story has detailed how many times couples in a 'happy' relationship have sex per week.
To be honest, there is no right or wrong answer as to how often a couple should be having sex; whatever makes people happy is certainly different on an individual relationship basis.
I think it's generally believed the older you get and when the kids come along, the less action in the bedroom you are having, though previous studies have actually disproved this.
And now, a study looked into how many times per week people in 'happy' relationships tend to have sex, and the results were certainly interesting.
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The study, which has been published in the Journal of Family Psychology, saw researchers from the German Family Panel, look into over 2,000 mixed-sex couples, the majority being between the age of 20 and 39.
The couples had been together for a decade on average, while the vast majority were also married or been living within the same household.
Those involved with the study provided data on how often they had sex over a period of three months and rated how satisfied they were by the time in the bedroom.
A whopping 86 percent of the sample size stated they were both highly satisfied after having sex once a week.
Matt Johnson, a professor of family science at the University of Alberta and co-author on the study said: "We know, on average, couples who have sex more often tend to report being happier in their relationships (at least up to having sex weekly – more frequent sex doesn’t boost satisfaction), but certainly there must be diversity underlying that.
"So I assembled an outstanding group of collaborators and we decided to look at this question from a couple-centered perspective to try and detect different subgroups of couples based on how often they had sex and how satisfied they were with their relationship."
Johnson added to PsyPost: "To me, two big takeaways are 1) regular sexual interaction is a characteristic of highly satisfying relationships for the majority of couples and 2) these highly satisfied couples reported having sex about once a week.
"Couples may feel pressured to have sex multiple times a week to maintain relationship satisfaction but our results suggest that wasn’t the case in our sample."
The study also looked into 'happy' sexless couples, and while they are a thing, researchers did find they are quite rare.