"Risk-Taking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Undertaking a task involving a challenge for achievement or a desirable goal in which there is a lack of certainty or a fear of failure. It may also include the exhibiting of certain behaviors whose outcomes may present a risk to the individual or to those associated with him or her.
| Descriptor ID |
D012309
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F01.145.722
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| Concept/Terms |
Risk Behavior- Risk Behavior
- Behavior, Risk
- Behaviors, Risk
- Risk Behaviors
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Risk-Taking".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Risk-Taking".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk-Taking" by people in Profiles.
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Technology-Based Interventions, with a Stepped Care Approach, for Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Increasing PrEP Initiation Among Transgender and Gender Expansive Youth and Young Adults. AIDS Behav. 2024 Dec; 28(12):3956-3969.
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Risky self-management behaviors in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: Measurement validation for the Diabetes-Specific Risk-Taking Inventory. Pediatr Diabetes. 2022 11; 23(7):1113-1121.
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Lifestyle behavior patterns and mortality among adults in the NHANES 1988-1994 population: A latent profile analysis. Prev Med. 2019 03; 120:131-139.
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Characterising HIV transmission risk among US patients with HIV in care: a cross-sectional study of sexual risk behaviour among individuals with viral load above 1500 copies/mL. Sex Transm Infect. 2018 05; 94(3):206-211.
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A neuroscience perspective on sexual risk behavior in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Dev Psychopathol. 2016 May; 28(2):471-87.
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Differential patterns of amygdala and ventral striatum activation predict gender-specific changes in sexual risk behavior. J Neurosci. 2015 Jun 10; 35(23):8896-900.
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Longitudinal Correlates of Health Risk Behaviors in Children and?Adolescents with Type 2 Diabetes. J Pediatr. 2015 May; 166(5):1258-1264.e3.
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Identifying Adolescent Patients at Risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections: Development of a Brief Sexual Health Screening Survey. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2015 Aug; 54(9):878-87.
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Impulsivity and risk taking in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2014 Jan; 39(2):456-63.
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Design of a randomized controlled trial for multiple cancer risk behaviors among Spanish-speaking Mexican-origin smokers. BMC Public Health. 2013 Mar 18; 13:237.