London - Regular sex can be a relationship saver for neurotic couples, a study shows.
The highly neurotic, who tend to be moody, irritable and easily upset, have less happy partnerships and are more likely to divorce.
But US research suggests more fun in the bedroom may solve their problems. Scientists followed 144 newlyweds over the first four years of marriage asking them how happy they were and how often they had sex.
On average, it was once a week during the first six months of marriage. By the fourth year, it had dropped to three times a month.
Marital satisfaction was not associated with the amount of sex except among the highly neurotic.
The benefit of having it regularly wiped out their happiness deficit completely.
James McNulty and Michelle Russell, from the University of Tennessee, wrote in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science: “Neuroticism is consistently associated with negative relationship outcomes.
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Results indicated that the frequency with which couples engaged in sexual intercourse with one another over each six-month interval moderated the implications of their neuroticism for their marital satisfaction.” – Daily Mail