 Risk-Taking
"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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| 1987 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1991 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1992 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1995 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1998 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 1999 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2000 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2001 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2002 | 3 | 11 | 14 | | 2003 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2004 | 3 | 6 | 9 | | 2005 | 6 | 5 | 11 | | 2006 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2007 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2008 | 4 | 9 | 13 | | 2009 | 2 | 10 | 12 | | 2010 | 5 | 8 | 13 | | 2011 | 6 | 8 | 14 | | 2012 | 10 | 10 | 20 | | 2013 | 15 | 11 | 26 | | 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2015 | 6 | 7 | 13 | | 2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Risk-Taking" by people in Profiles.
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Bryan AD, Gillman AS, Hansen NS. Changing the Context Is Important and Necessary, but Not Sufficient, for Reducing Adolescent Risky Sexual Behavior: A Reply to Steinberg (2015). Perspect Psychol Sci. 2016 07; 11(4):535-8.
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Schmiege SJ, Bryan AD. Heterogeneity in the Relationship of Substance Use to Risky Sexual Behavior Among Justice-Involved Youth: A Regression Mixture Modeling Approach. AIDS Behav. 2016 Apr; 20(4):821-32.
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Booth RE, Davis JM, Brewster JT, Lisovska O, Dvoryak S. Krokodile Injectors in Ukraine: Fueling the HIV Epidemic? AIDS Behav. 2016 Feb; 20(2):369-76.
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Feldstein Ewing SW, Ryman SG, Gillman AS, Weiland BJ, Thayer RE, Bryan AD. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience of Adolescent Sexual Risk and Alcohol Use. AIDS Behav. 2016 Jan; 20 Suppl 1:S97-108.
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Starosta AJ, Cranston E, Earleywine M. Safer sex in a digital world: A Web-based motivational enhancement intervention to increase condom use among college women. J Am Coll Health. 2016; 64(3):184-93.
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Wu H, Hightow-Weidman LB, Gay CL, Zhang X, Beagle S, Hall L, Jackson T, Marmorino J, Do AN, Peters PJ. Unreported Male Sex Partners Among Men with Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection - North Carolina, 2011-2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015 Sep 25; 64(37):1037-41.
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Okigbo CC, Kabiru CW, Mumah JN, Mojola SA, Beguy D. Influence of parental factors on adolescents' transition to first sexual intercourse in Nairobi, Kenya: a longitudinal study. Reprod Health. 2015 Aug 21; 12:73.
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Crowley TJ, Dalwani MS, Mikulich-Gilbertson SK, Young SE, Sakai JT, Raymond KM, McWilliams SK, Roark MJ, Banich MT. Adolescents' Neural Processing of Risky Decisions: Effects of Sex and Behavioral Disinhibition. PLoS One. 2015; 10(7):e0132322.
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Krmpotich T, Mikulich-Gilbertson S, Sakai J, Thompson L, Banich MT, Tanabe J. Impaired Decision-Making, Higher Impulsivity, and Drug Severity in Substance Dependence and Pathological Gambling. J Addict Med. 2015 Jul-Aug; 9(4):273-80.
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Edinburgh L, Pape-Blabolil J, Harpin SB, Saewyc E. Assessing exploitation experiences of girls and boys seen at a Child Advocacy Center. Child Abuse Negl. 2015 Aug; 46:47-59.
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