"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".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Risk-Taking" by people in this website by year, and whether "Risk-Taking" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2005 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| 2007 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| 2008 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| 2009 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2010 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| 2011 | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| 2012 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2013 | 15 | 24 | 39 |
| 2014 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| 2015 | 4 | 23 | 27 |
| 2016 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 2018 | 8 | 13 | 21 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk-Taking" by people in Profiles.
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Sheinfil AZ, Giguere R, Dolezal C, Lopez-Rios J, Iribarren S, Brown W, Rael C, Lentz C, Balán I, Frasca T, Torres CC, Crespo R, Febo I, Carballo-Diéguez A. Information and Motivation Predict HIV-Serostatus Among a Population of High-Risk Men and Transgender Women Who Have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct; 24(10):2863-2871.
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Villalba K, Attonito J, Jean-Gilles M, Rosenberg R, Dévieux JG. Gender differences in the association between childhood sexual abuse and risk behaviors among people living with HIV in Haiti. AIDS Care. 2020 11; 32(11):1438-1444.
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Ramírez-Ortiz D, Sheehan DM, Ibañez GE, Ibrahimou B, De La Rosa M, Cano MÁ. Self-efficacy and HIV testing among Latino emerging adults: examining the moderating effects of distress tolerance and sexual risk behaviors. AIDS Care. 2020 12; 32(12):1556-1564.
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Poudel R, Riedel MC, Salo T, Flannery JS, Hill-Bowen LD, Eickhoff SB, Laird AR, Sutherland MT. Common and distinct brain activity associated with risky and ambiguous decision-making. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 04 01; 209:107884.
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Loza O, Curiel ZV, Beltran O, Ramos R. Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors among Men Who Have Sex With Men in a Mexico-US Border City. Am J Addict. 2020 03; 29(2):111-119.
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Hirshfield S, Downing MJ, Chiasson MA, Yoon IS, Houang ST, Teran RA, Grov C, Sullivan PS, Gordon RJ, Hoover DR, Parsons JT. Evaluation of Sex Positive! A Video eHealth Intervention for Men Living with HIV. AIDS Behav. 2019 Nov; 23(11):3103-3118.
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Robinson MJF, Clibanoff C, Freeland CM, Knes AS, Cote JR, Russell TI. Distinguishing between predictive and incentive value of uncertain gambling-like cues in a Pavlovian autoshaping task. Behav Brain Res. 2019 10 03; 371:111971.
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Millar BM, Parsons JT, Redline S, Duncan DT. What's Sleep Got to Do with It?: Sleep Health and Sexual Risk-Taking Among Men Who have Sex with Men. AIDS Behav. 2019 Mar; 23(3):572-579.
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Yoshioka-Maxwell A, Rice E. Exploring the Relationship Between Foster Care Experiences and HIV Risk Behaviors Among a Sample of Homeless Former Foster Youth. AIDS Behav. 2019 Mar; 23(3):792-801.
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Stowers PN. A reply to "Low HIV testing rates among US women who report anal sex and other HIV sexual risk behaviors". Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 05; 220(5):509.