Gender Identity

"Gender Identity" 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.

MeSH information

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A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.

Descriptor ID	D005783
MeSH Number(s)	F01.393.446.250 F01.752.747.385.200 F01.752.747.722.200 F02.739.794.793.200
Concept/Terms	Gender Identity Gender Identity Gender Identities Identity, Gender Sex Role Sex Role Role, Sex Roles, Sex Sex Roles Gender Role Gender Roles Roles, Gender Gender Gender Men's Role Men's Role Role, Men's Roles, Men's Man's Role Role, Man's Woman's Role Woman's Role Role, Woman's Roles, Woman's Woman's Roles Women's Role Role, Women's Roles, Women's Women's Roles

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Gender Identity".

Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Defense Mechanisms [F01.393]
Identification (Psychology) [F01.393.446]
Gender Identity [F01.393.446.250]
Personality [F01.752]
Personality Development [F01.752.747]
Identification (Psychology) [F01.752.747.385]
Gender Identity [F01.752.747.385.200]
Psychosexual Development [F01.752.747.722]
Gender Identity [F01.752.747.722.200]
Psychological Phenomena [F02]
Psychological Theory [F02.739]
Psychoanalytic Theory [F02.739.794]
Psychosexual Development [F02.739.794.793]
Gender Identity [F02.739.794.793.200]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Gender Identity".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Gender Identity".

Gender Identity
Femininity
Masculinity

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in this website by year, and whether "Gender Identity" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 96 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	1	0	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	1	2
2005	1	2	3
2006	0	2	2
2007	4	0	4
2008	1	0	1
2009	0	2	2
2011	1	1	2
2012	6	2	8
2013	1	2	3
2014	2	3	5
2015	2	3	5
2016	3	1	4
2017	3	3	6
2018	2	0	2
2019	2	5	7
2020	0	5	5
2021	4	7	11
2022	0	5	5
2023	1	9	10
2024	2	2	4
2025	0	1	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Gender Identity" by people in Profiles.

Poteat VP, Richburg A, Day J, Finch EK, Calzo JP, Marx RA, Lipkin A, Yoshikawa H. LGBTQ+ advocacy and inclusive school policies are associated with self-worth among youth in gender-sexuality alliances over the school year. Dev Psychol. 2025 Nov; 61(11):2106-2118.

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Alpert AB, Hernandez T, Ruddick R, Manzano C, Adams S, Rivers L, Ramos-Pibernus A, Sevelius J, Poteat T, Obedin-Maliver J, Cicero EC, Radix A, Lett E, Operario D, Chapman B, Wittink M, Cupertino A, Murchison GR, Nunez-Smith M, Cartujano-Barrera F. Disentangling gender, sex, and biology: a mixed methods study of gender identity data collection tools. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 Jan; 130:108473.

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Poteat VP, Marx RA, Richburg A, Calzo JP, Bliss CC, Yoshikawa H, Lipkin A. Gender-Sexuality Alliance Experiences and LGBTQ+ Inclusive School Policies and Practices Predict Youth's School Belonging. J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Jan; 54(1):1-16.

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Aggarwal M, Hutchison B, Wong ST, Katz A, Slade S, Snelgrove D. What factors are associated with the research productivity of primary care researchers in Canada? A qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Mar 01; 24(1):263.

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Moayedi G, Lee S, Soon R, Kapua C, Sesepasara M, Raidoo S. Unmet Reproductive Health Needs of Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Hawai'i: A Qualitative Needs Assessment. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 03; 83(3):68-74.

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Gordon AR, Roberts S, Silverstein S, Rose KL, Lopez E, Calzo JP. What is needed for eating disorder prevention for transgender and gender diverse young adults? Findings from asynchronous online focus groups. Body Image. 2024 Mar; 48:101667.

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Cartujano-Barrera F, Mejia RM, Radusky PD, Cardozo N, Duarte M, Fabian S, Caballero R, Zalazar V, Ramos-Pibernus A, Alpert AB, Cupertino AP, Frola C, Aristegui I. Prevalence and correlates of current cigarette smoking among transgender women in Argentina. Front Public Health. 2023; 11:1279969.

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Esparza D, Hern?ndez-Gaytan AA, Olimpo JT. Gender Identity and Student Perceptions of Peer Research Aptitude in CUREs and Traditional Laboratory Courses in the Biological Sciences. CBE Life Sci Educ. 2023 12; 22(4):ar53.

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Bland HT, Gilmore MJ, Andujar J, Martin MA, Celaya-Cobbs N, Edwards C, Gerhart M, Hooker GW, Kraft SA, Marshall DR, Orlando LA, Paul NA, Pratap S, Rosenbloom ST, Wiesner GL, Mittendorf KF. Conducting inclusive research in genetics for transgender, gender-diverse, and sex-diverse individuals: Case analyses and recommendations from a clinical genomics study. J Genet Couns. 2024 Aug; 33(4):772-785.

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Liebermann E, Fontenot HB, Lim E, Matsunaga M, Zimet G, Allen JD. Preferred Location for Human Papillomavirus Self-Sampling for Cervical Cancer Screening. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2023 09; 52(5):364-373.

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