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Couples who delay sex until wedding night happier

Couples who delay sex until after marriage report higher levels of relationship stability, satisfaction, and sexual quality, reports a new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology.

Researchers at Brigham Young University’s School of Family Life in Utah surveyed over 2,000 married couples, and found that the couples who had been abstinent before marriage rated their relationship stability 22 percent higher than those who had become intimate earlier. They were 20 percent more satisfied with their relationship, and scored 12 percent higher in communication. And when it came to marital sex, they ranked the quality 15 percent higher.

Experts suggest that the higher scores could be due to the fact that abstinent couples learn to better communicate and show their affection in other ways – skills that tend to get less attention when the relationship turns sexual.

"We are not making claims that if you have sex early there’s no hope for your relationship. It seems to set up the relationship to be more focused on the physical side of things and other things get underplayed," explained Dean Busby, lead author of the study.

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Couples who delay sex until wedding night happier

Couples who delay sex until after marriage report higher levels of relationship stability, satisfaction, and sexual quality, reports a new study published in the Journal of Family Psychology.

Researchers at Brigham Young University’s School of Family Life in Utah surveyed over 2,000 married couples, and found that the couples who had been abstinent before marriage rated their relationship stability 22 percent higher than those who had become intimate earlier. They were 20 percent more satisfied with their relationship, and scored 12 percent higher in communication. And when it came to marital sex, they ranked the quality 15 percent higher.

Experts suggest that the higher scores could be due to the fact that abstinent couples learn to better communicate and show their affection in other ways – skills that tend to get less attention when the relationship turns sexual.

"We are not making claims that if you have sex early there’s no hope for your relationship. It seems to set up the relationship to be more focused on the physical side of things and other things get underplayed," explained Dean Busby, lead author of the study.