Psychiatry and Psychology

Gender Identity

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.

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Abstract

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.

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3 entry terms
  • Gender Identities
  • Identity, Gender
  • Gender

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Indexing 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

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History Note

1991(1975); for GENDER use SEX 1991-2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Identification (Psychology) (1968-1975)
  • Sex (1968-1975)

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  1. F01.393w.446w.250w
  2. F01.752w.747w.385w.200w
  3. F01.752w.747w.722w.200w
  4. F02w.739.794w.793w.200w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gender Identity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005783. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005783
  2. Gender Identity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity
  3. Gender Identity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48264