Ibrahim Yigit is a research faculty/statistical consultant at the College of Nursing, specializing in the effects of psychological factors on well-being throughout a person's life. He earned his bachelor's degree in psychology from Dicle University, Turkey, and his master's and doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology from Ankara University, Turkey. After completing his doctorate, he served as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, USA. Dr. Yigit has developed and utilized various psychometric measures to evaluate his research on the mechanisms behind the influence of negative cognitive beliefs on internalizing/externalizing problems among adolescent and adult samples within the schema therapy model. Recently, he has focused on studying the impact of HIV-related stigma and other intersectional stigmas on health outcomes, including viral suppression and treatment adherence, in people living with HIV. He is skilled in using advanced statistical analyses, particularly mediation and moderated-mediation models, for larger datasets.

EDUCATION

Postdoctoral Researcher, College of Nursing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Psychology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
PhD. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
MS. in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
B.S. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey

PUBLICATIONS

Yigit, I., Budhwani, H., Rainer, C. B., Claude, K., Muessig, K. E., & Hightow-Weidman, L. B. (2022). Associations between PrEP stigma, PrEP confidence, and PrEP adherence: Conditional indirect effects of anticipated HIV stigma. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003474

Yigit, I., Paulino-Ramírez, R., Waters, J., Long, D. M., Turan, J. M., & Budhwani, H. (2024). A Moderated Mediation Analysis of HIV and Intersectional Stigmas and Antiretroviral Adherence in People Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic. AIDS and Behavior, 1-12.

Yigit, I., Turan, B., Kurt, G., Weiser, S., Johnson, M. O., Mugavero, M. J., Turan, J. M. (2024). Longitudinal Associations of Experienced and Perceived Community Stigma with ART Adherence and Viral Suppression in New-to-care People with HIV: Mediating Roles of Internalized Stigma and Depression Symptoms. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 95(3), 231-237.

Kerr, J., Yigit, I., Long, D. M., Paulino-Ramírez, R., Waters, J., Hao, J., ... & Turan, J. M. (2024). HIV and intersectional stigma among people living with HIV and healthcare workers and antiretroviral therapy adherence in the Dominican Republic. International Journal of STD & AIDS.

Nemli, S. A., Yigit, I., Agrali, B., Gokengin, D., & Turan, B. (2023). Living with HIV during COVID-19: knowledge and worry about COVID-19, adherence to COVID-19-related precautions, and HIV health outcomes. AIDS Care, 35(5), 639-642.

Gerwen, O. V., Yigit, I., Crockett, K. B., & Turan, B. (2023). The relationship between HIV Pre- Exposure Prophylaxis stigma and treatment adherence among current HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis users in the Southeastern U.S. AIDS and Behavior, 27, 1478-1485.

Budhwani, H., Yigit, I., Maragh-Bass, AC., Rainer, CB., Claude, K., Muessig, KE., Hightow- Weidman, LB. (2023). Development and Validation of the Youth Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Stigma Scale. AIDS and Behavior, 27, 929-938.

Turan, B., Budhwani, H., Yigit, I., Ofotokun, I., Konkle-Parker, D. J., Cohen, M. H., ... & Turan, J. M. (2022). Resilience and Optimism as Moderators of the Negative Effects of Stigma on Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 36(12), 474-482.

Budhwani, H., Yigit, I., Maragh-Bass, A. C., Rainer, C. B., Claude, K., Muessig, K. E., & Hightow-Weidman, L. B. (2022). Validation of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Medication Scales with Youth on PrEP: PrEP Confidence Scale and PrEP Difficulties Scale. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 36(11), 443-450.

Lambert, C. C., Fazeli, P. L., Yigit, I., Elopre, L., King, K., Kempf, M. C., ... & Mugavero, M. J. (2022). The Mediating Role of Social Support and Resilience Between HIV-Related Stigmas and Patient Activation Among Young Black Women Living with HIV in the Southern United States: A Cross-sectional Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 33(1), 78-88.

Budhwani, H., Gakumo, A. C., Yigit, I., Rice, W., Fletcher, F., Whitfield, S., Ross, S., Konkle- Parker, D., Cohen, M., Wingood, G., Metsch, L., Adimora, A., Taylor, T., Wilson, T., Weiser, S., Sosanya, O., Goparaju, L., Gange, S., Kempf, M., Turan, B., and Turan, J. (2022). Patient Health Literacy and Communication with Providers among Women living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study. AIDS and Behavior, 26(5), 1422-1430.

Budhwani, H., Yigit, I., Ofotokun, I., Konkle-Parker, D. J., Cohen, M. H., Wingood, G. M., ... & Turan, J. M. (2021). Examining the Relationships Between Experienced and Anticipated Stigma in Health Care Settings, Patient–Provider Race Concordance, and Trust in Providers Among Women Living with HIV. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 35(11), 441-448.

Karaarslan, C., Eldoğan, D., & Yigit, I. (2021). Associations between Early Maladaptive Schema Domains of Parents and Their Adult Children: The Role of Defense Styles. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 28(5), 1043-1054.

Yigit, I., Bayramoglu, Y., Modi, R. A., Weiser, S. D., Johnson, M. O., Mugavero, M. J., Turan, J. M., & Turan, B. (2021). Disclosure concerns and viral suppression in people newly initiating HIV care: The role of internalized HIV stigma. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 86(4), 406-412.

Yiğit, İ., Kılıç, H., Guzey Yiğit, M., & Çelik, C. (2021). Emotional and physical maltreatment, early maladaptive schemas, and internalizing disorders in adolescents: A multi-group path model of clinical and non-clinical samples. Current Psychology, 40, 1356-1366.

Fazeli, P. L., Waldrop-Valverde, D., Yigit, I., Turan, B., Edberg, J., Kempf, M., & Vance, D. E. (2020). An exploratory study of correlates of allostatic load in older people living with HIV. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 83(5), 441-449.

Yigit, I., Modi, R. A., Weiser, S. D., Johnson, M. O., Mugavero, M. J., Turan, J. M., & Turan, B. (2020). Effects of an intervention on internalized HIV-related stigma for individuals newly entering HIV care. AIDS, 34, S73-82.

Fletcher, F., Sherwood, N., Rice, W., Yigit, I., Ross, S., Wilson, T., Weiser, S., Johnson, M., Kempf, M. C., Konkle-Parker, D., Wingood, G., Turan, J., & Turan, B. (2020). Resilience and HIV treatment outcomes among women living with HIV in the U.S.: A mixed-method analysis. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 34(8), 356-366.

Yigit, I., Bayramoglu, Y., Modi, R. A., Weiser, S. D., Johnson, M. O., Mugavero, M. J., Turan, J. M., & Turan, B. (2020). Changes in internalized stigma and HIV health outcomes in individuals new to HIV care: The mediating roles of depression and treatment self-efficacy. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 34(11), 491-497.

Yiğit, İ., & Guzey Yiğit, M. (2019). Psychometric Properties of Turkish Version of Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale-Brief Form (DERS-16). Current Psychology, 38, 1503-1511.

Gökler Danışman, I., Yalçınay, M., & Yiğit, İ. (2017). Experience of grief by patients with cancer in relation to perceptions of illness: The mediating roles of identity centrality, stigma-induced discrimination, and hopefulness. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 35(6), 776-796.

Gökler Danışman, I., Yildiz, N., & Yiğit, İ. (2017). Development of coping with stress scale for a non-western population of children and adolescents. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 30(6), 687-701.

Yiğit, İ., & Erden G. (2015). The mediating role of early maladaptive schemas in the relationship between childhood abuse experiences and psychological well-being. Turkish Journal of Psychology, 30(75), 47-59.