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 21 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2014	2	1	3
2018	0	2	2
2020	1	1	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	0	5	5
2023	1	1	2

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

Eisenberg J, Felleman S, Bear B, Mercier R, Kazak AE, Schwartz BI. Psychological Symptoms and Service Utilization in Prepubertal and Pubertal Transgender and Gender-Diverse Patients. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2024 Feb; 37(1):45-50.

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Rollison DE, Gonzalez BD, Turner K, Jim HSL, Zhao Y, Amorrortu RP, Howard R, Ghia KM, Ngo B, Reisman P, Moore C, Perkins R, Keenan RJ, Sallman DA, Naso CM, Robinson EJ, Vadaparampil ST, Simmons VN, Schabath MB, Gilbert SM. Examining disparities in large-scale patient-reported data capture using digital tools among cancer patients at clinical intake. Cancer Med. 2023 09; 12(18):19033-19046.

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Schwartz BI, Bear B, Kazak AE. Menstrual Management Choices in Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents. J Adolesc Health. 2023 02; 72(2):207-213.

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Stumbar SE, Garba NA, de la Cruz M, Bhoite P, Uchiyama E. Integration of Sex and Gender Minority Standardized Patients into a Workshop on Gender-Inclusive Patient Care: Exploring Medical Student Perspectives. South Med J. 2022 09; 115(9):722-726.

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Zullo L, Grzenda A, Vargas SM, Miranda J. Age-Associated Differences in Mental Distress Among Sexual and Gender Minority Adults. Psychiatr Serv. 2022 12 01; 73(12):1352-1358.

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Schwartz BI, Effron A, Bear B, Short VL, Eisenberg J, Felleman S, Kazak AE. Experiences with Menses in Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Adolescents. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2022 Aug; 35(4):450-456.

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Lombardo J, Ko K, Shimada A, Nelson N, Wright C, Chen J, Maity A, Ruggiero ML, Richard S, Papanagnou D, Mitchell E, Leader A, Simone NL. Perceptions of and barriers to cancer screening by the sexual and gender minority community: a glimpse into the health care disparity. Cancer Causes Control. 2022 Apr; 33(4):559-582.

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Schlick CJR, Ellis RJ, Etkin CD, Greenberg CC, Greenberg JA, Turner PL, Buyske J, Hoyt DB, Nasca TJ, Bilimoria KY, Hu YY. Experiences of Gender Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Among Residents in General Surgery Programs Across the US. JAMA Surg. 2021 10 01; 156(10):942-952.

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Mensinger JL, Granche JL, Cox SA, Henretty JR. Sexual and gender minority individuals report higher rates of abuse and more severe eating disorder symptoms than cisgender heterosexual individuals at admission to eating disorder treatment. Int J Eat Disord. 2020 04; 53(4):541-554.

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Bassett AJ, Ahlmen A, Rosendorf JM, Romeo AA, Erickson BJ, Bishop ME. The Biology of Sex and Sport. JBJS Rev. 2020 03; 8(3):e0140.

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