title: Sexual Minority Stress and Suicide Risk: Identifying Resilience through Personality Profile Analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Sexual minority-based victimization, which includes threats or enacted interpersonal violence, predicts elevated suicide risk among sexual minority individuals. However, research on personality factors that contribute to resilience among sexual minority populations is lacking. Using the Five-Factor Model, we hypothesized that individuals classified asadaptive(versusat-risk) would be at decreased risk for a suicide attempt in the context of reported lifetime victimization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sexual minority-identified young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 (N=412) were recruited nationally and asked to complete an online survey containing measures of personality, sexual minority stress, and lifetime suicide attempts.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A two-stage cluster analytic method was used to empirically derive latent personality profiles and to classify respondents asadaptive(lowerneuroticism andhigherextroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness) orat-risk(higherneuroticism,lowerextroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness) on the basis of their Five Factor Personality trait scores.Adaptiveindividuals were slightly older and less likely to conceal their sexual orientation, but reported similar rates of victimization, discrimination, and internalized heterosexism as theirat-riskcounterparts. Logistic regression results indicate that despite reporting similar rates of victimization, which was a significant predictor of lifetime suicide attempt,adaptiveindividuals evidenced decreased risk for attempted suicide in the context of victimization, relative toat-riskindividuals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings suggest that anadaptivepersonality profile may confer resilience in the face of sexual minority-based victimization. This study adds to our knowledge of sexual minority mental health and highlights new directions for future research.
authors.affiliation: The University of Montana.
authors.forename: Nicholas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Livingston
authors.affiliation: Marquette University.
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Heck
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: Annesa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flentje
authors.affiliation: The University of Montana.
authors.forename: Hillary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gleason
authors.affiliation: The University of Montana.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Oost
authors.affiliation: The University of Montana.
authors.forename: Bryan N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Cochran
keywords: Five-Factor Model; LGB; personality; sexual minority; suicide