Sex in romantic relationships,

Adolescents who have sex with their romantic partners do not perform poorly in academics, found a new study.
However, the same doesn't hold true for sexual intercourse outside of romantic relationships.
Titled, 'Sex and School: Adolescent Sexual Intercourse and Education', the study found that the context in which adolescent sexual activity occurs can substantially moderate the negative relationship between sexual intercourse and education.
"Compared to abstinence, sexual intercourse in committed romantic relationships is often academically harmless, whereas in other types of relationships it is more detrimental," said Bill McCarthy and Eric Grodsky, sociologists at the University of California-Davis and the University of Minnesota, respectively.
"Females and males who have sex only with romantic partners are generally similar to abstainers on most of the education measures we examined," he added.
The study considered nine education measures—school attachment, high school GPA, college aspiration, college expectations, problems in school, ever truant, the number of days truant, school sanctions (suspended/expelled), and dropping