Studies have shown that there is a strong link between having sex and being happy. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University asked 64 married heterosexual couples to double the frequency of their sexual relations. On average, the volunteers were able to manage a 40 percent increase. It did not make them happier.
From Gretchen Reynolds from The New York Times:
In fact, their well-being declined, especially in measures of energy and enthusiasm, as did the quality of the sex. Both men and women reported that the additional intercourse wasn't much fun. The results surprised the researchers — but they probably shouldn't have, according to George Loewenstein, a professor of economics and psychology at Carnegie Mellon, who led the study.
"It seems that if you're having sex for a reason other than because you like and want sex," he says, you may undermine the quality of that sex and your resulting mood.
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