| Descriptor in English: | Gender Identity |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Identidad de Género |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Identidade de Gênero |
| Descriptor in French: | Identité de genre |
| Entry term(s): |
Gender Gender Identities Gender Role Gender Roles Identity, Gender Man's Role Men's Role Role, Man's Role, Men's Role, Sex Role, Woman's Role, Women's Roles, Gender Roles, Men's Roles, Sex Roles, Woman's Roles, Women's Sex Role Sex Roles Woman's Role Woman's Roles Women's Role Women's Roles |
| Tree number(s): |
F01.393.446.250 F01.752.747.385.200 F01.752.747.722.200 F02.739.794.793.200 SP3.001.005.070.010.020.020 SP4.127.413.634 |
| Scope note: | 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. |
| Annotation: | psychological; do not confuse with SEX CHARACTERISTICS (physiological); do not confuse with SEXUAL ORIENTATION see SEX BEHAVIOR: gender identity is knowing that one is male or female; sexual orientation is preferring heterosexual or homosexual behavior |
| History Note: | 1991(1975); for GENDER use SEX 1991-2003 |
| See also the descriptors: |
Transgender Persons
MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 5924 |
| Descriptor UI: | D005783 |
| Date Established: | 1991/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1975/07/21 |
| Revision Date: | 2016/07/05 |
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PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms -
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms -
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms -
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Psychological Phenomena [F02]Psychological Phenomena -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Environmental Health [SP4]Environmental Health
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Gender Identity
- Preferred
Sex Role
- Narrower
Gender
- Related but not broader or narrower
Men's Role
- Narrower
Woman's Role
- Narrower
| Concept UI |
M0009056 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Gender Identity |
| Entry term(s) |
Gender Identities Identity, Gender |
| Concept UI |
M0009057 |
| Preferred term | Sex Role |
| Entry term(s) |
Gender Role Gender Roles Role, Sex Roles, Gender Roles, Sex Sex Roles |
| Concept UI |
M0449345 |
| Scope note | Socially-constructed identity of male or female. |
| Preferred term | Gender |
| Concept UI |
M0009058 |
| Preferred term | Men's Role |
| Entry term(s) |
Man's Role Role, Man's Role, Men's Roles, Men's |
| Concept UI |
M0009059 |
| Preferred term | Woman's Role |
| Entry term(s) |
Role, Woman's Role, Women's Roles, Woman's Roles, Women's Woman's Roles Women's Role Women's Roles |
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