"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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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2003 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2007 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2012 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2013 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2018 | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 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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History of rape moderates the pathways from emotion dysregulation to alcohol and risky sex outcomes among college women. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Jul; 14(5):786-794.
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Longitudinal Relations among Adolescent Risk Behavior, Family Cohesion, Violence Exposure, and Mental Health in a National Sample. J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2020 11; 48(11):1455-1469.
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Substance Use Prevention Programming for Adolescents and Young Adults: A Mixed-Method Examination of Substance Use Perceptions and Use of Prevention Services. Subst Use Misuse. 2020; 55(14):2341-2347.
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Evaluating the impact of COVID-19: A cohort comparison study of drug use and risky sexual behavior among sexual minority men in the U.S.A. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2020 11 01; 216:108260.
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Blood pressure-associated emotional dampening and risky behavior: Elevated resting blood pressure predicts risky simulated driving in women. Int J Psychophysiol. 2020 09; 155:72-77.
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The Abused Inhalant Toluene Impairs Medial Prefrontal Cortex Activity and Risk/Reward Decision-Making during a Probabilistic Discounting Task. J Neurosci. 2019 11 13; 39(46):9207-9220.
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Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention in Women: Current Status and Future Directions. Drugs. 2019 Aug; 79(12):1263-1276.
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Harm perceptions and tobacco use initiation among youth in Wave 1 and 2 of the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Prev Med. 2019 06; 123:185-191.
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The Nomological Network of a Behavioral Distress Tolerance Task in Veterans. J Trauma Stress. 2018 12; 31(6):876-885.
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Factors promoting and impeding HIV testing among adolescents in juvenile drug court. AIDS Care. 2019 02; 31(2):177-180.