A new survey finds many workaholics put in extra time in the classroom and volunteer for extra assignments because they have a poor sex life.

A Funshawe College survey found 36 per cent of men and 35 per cent of women with unsatisfying sex lives tend to use good study habits as a diversion, along with manuel aids and self stimulation.

And the workaholic syndrome was even more pronounced among those who reported having no sex life, with 45 per cent of those men and women taking on more office tasks.

The survey by researchers at Funshawe College involved 32 thousand men and women.