Sexual Behavior

"Sexual Behavior" 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.

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Sexual activities of humans.

Descriptor ID	D012725
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.802
Concept/Terms	Sexual Behavior Sexual Behavior Behavior, Sexual Sexual Activities Sexual Activity Activities, Sexual Activity, Sexual Sex Behavior Behavior, Sex Oral Sex Oral Sex Sex, Oral Sexual Orientation Sexual Orientation Orientation, Sexual Sex Orientation Premarital Sex Behavior Premarital Sex Behavior Behavior, Premarital Sex Anal Sex Anal Sex Sex, Anal

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Sexual Behavior [F01.145.802]

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Bar chart showing 179 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 19 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	1	1	2
1999	1	3	4
2000	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	4	3	7
2004	3	1	4
2005	4	1	5
2006	3	3	6
2007	2	2	4
2008	1	5	6
2009	0	4	4
2010	1	0	1
2011	6	2	8
2012	5	2	7
2013	4	1	5
2014	6	13	19
2015	4	5	9
2016	8	7	15
2017	3	2	5
2018	7	4	11
2019	3	2	5
2020	4	2	6
2021	3	8	11
2022	1	7	8
2023	3	9	12
2024	3	1	4
2025	3	1	4
2026	1	1	2

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Yang C, Shi L, Wei C, Martinez O, Zaller N, Yan H. Mapping Risk and Opportunity: A Space-Based Affiliation Network Analysis of Physical and Virtual Spaces Among High Risk Men. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Oct 01; 101(10):1140-1148.

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Connor JJ, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Harlow BL, Chaisson N, Brady SS, Rahm-Knigge R, Sheikh Z, Robinson BBE. Dyspareunia and Functioning Among Somali Women Who Have Experienced Female Genital Cutting. J Sex Res. 2026 Nov-Dec; 63(9):1839-1852.

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Troisi R, Hatch EE, Bertrand K, Strohsnitter WC, Huo D, Curry M, Hyer M, Palmer JA, Gierach G, Titus L. Sexual behavior and sexual identity in female offspring of women exposed in utero to diethylstilbestrol (DES). J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2025 Nov 10; 16:e41.

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Wittmann D, Promodu K, Osur J, Abdulcadir J, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Sorial N, Ghanem H, Sharlip I, Edler Zandoná PC, Pearlman A, Chang HC, Glina S. The socio-cultural aspects of sexual medicine: recommendations from the Fifth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine (ICSM 2024). Sex Med Rev. 2025 Oct 04; 13(4):574-588.

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Javidi H, Lederer AM, Johnson K. What Influences College Students' Endorsement or Rejection of Affirmative Consent? Violence Against Women. 2026 Oct; 32(12-13):4810-4833.

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Jenkins WD, Beach LB, Schneider J, Friedman SR, Pho MT, Walters S, Ezell J, Young AM, Hennessy C, Miller WC, Go VF, Sun C, Seal DW, Westergaard RP, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Ruderman SA, Fletcher S, Ma J, Delaney JA, Plaisance K, Feinberg J, Smith GS, Korthuis PT, Stopka TJ, Friedmann PD, Zule W, Winer M. Sexual identity, sexual behavior, and drug use behaviors among people who use drugs in the rural U.S. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2025 04; 171:209629.

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LeClair AM, Rose R, Barker O, Carpenter E, Concannon TW, Boehmer U, Blazey-Martin D, Bird CE, Freund KM, Lemon SC. Health Care Workers' Perspectives on Collecting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Adult Primary Care Setting. Med Care. 2024 12 01; 62(12):814-819.

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Candrian C, Weissman JS, Tjia J. SOGI Data Collection - Proceeding, but with Caution. N Engl J Med. 2024 08 15; 391(7):580-581.

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Chai PR, Goodman GR, Mohamed Y, Bustamante MJ, Albrechta H, Lee JS, Glynn TR, Boland K, Hokayem J, Boyer EW, Rosen RK, Mayer KH, O'Cleirigh C. Leveraging A Digital Pill System to Understand Prevention-Effective Adherence to Oral Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Among Men Who Have Sex with Men with Substance Use. AIDS Behav. 2024 Oct; 28(10):3373-3380.

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Avis NE, Crawford SL, Hess R, Colvin A, Neal-Perry G, Waetjen LE. The Role of Sexual Function in Quality of Life Among Midlife and Older Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2024 04; 33(4):426-434.

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