Christine A. Limbers, Ph.D.

Education:

Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2010
B.A., Santa Clara University, 2003

Biography:

Dr. Limbers joined the Baylor faculty in Fall 2010. Prior to coming to Baylor, she completed her clinical internship at Duke University Medical School.

Academic Interests and Research:

My program of research broadly focuses on assessing psychosocial factors and models of health care delivery that influence the health of children and their families.   There are 3 specific areas:

1. Developing and validating patient-reported outcome measures for pediatric patients, including generic and disease-specific measures.
2. Elucidating factors associated with health outcomes and maladaptive eating behaviors in children and their families.
3. Moving evidence-based practice into the delivery of routine care, particularly for competitive athletes.

Moving evidence-based practice into the delivery of routine care, particularly for competitive athletes.Selected Recent Publications:

Skiest, H.*, Milliken, A.*, & Limbers, C.A. (in press).  Therapeutic alliance within Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A systematic review. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

Limbers, C.A., Zeleznik, T.*, Beuley, G.*, Milliken, A.*, Hernandez, E.*, & Ryan-Pettes, S.R.  (in press).  Age of Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis and receiving care in a patient-center medical home.  Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 

Gutierrez, A.*, & Limbers, C.A. (in press).  Validation of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire in healthy siblings of children with chronic illnesses. Journal of Health Psychology.

Summers, E.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2024).  Evaluating emotional eating in children from the perspective of parents: Psychometric properties of the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents Parent Version.  Nutrients, 16, 3030.

Carver, J.*, Baskin, A.*, Summers, E.*, & Limbers, C.A.  (2024).  Youth perceptions of participation in organized sports and mental health.  Current Sports Medicine Reports, 23, 422-428.

Horan, M.*, Latendresse, S., & Limbers, C.A.  (2024).  Mental health in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and a medical home: The mechanistic roles of coping and social support.  Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 2682-2692.

Limbers, C.A., Baskin, A.*, & Cohen, L.A.* (2023).  Disordered eating and body image concerns in young adult women with Scoliosis. Clinical Medicine Insights: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Disorders, 17, 1-6.

Gutierrez, A.*, Horan, M.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2023).  A systematic review of the psychometric properties of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire. Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 28, 1192-1216.

Limbers, C.A., & Pavlov, C.L.* (2023).  Mothers’ preferences for their children’s format for return to school: Are there differences between full-time employed mothers and mothers who are not employed during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 pandemic? Journal of Family Issues, 44, 220-243.

Cohen, A.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2022).  Factor structure and gender invariance of the Abbreviated Math Anxiety Scale (AMAS) in middle school students. Trends in Psychology, 30, 788-807.

Egan, K.*, Greenwood, E.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2022).  Perceptions of child vulnerability in first-time mothers who conceived using assisted reproductive technology.  Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 40, 489-499.  

Pavlov, C.L.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2022). Reliability and validity of the PHQ-8 in first-time mothers who conceived using Assisted Reproductive Technology. Human Reproduction Open, 2, hoac019. 

Limbers, C.A., & Thompson, R.* (2022). Maternal attitudes and intentions about the COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years.  Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 36, 416-429. 

Pavlov, C.L.*, & Limbers, C.A. (2022). Coping styles and depression in working mothers during COVID-19. Women’s Health Bulletin, 9, 42-50.

Limbers, C.A., & Greenwood, E.* (2021). Maternal factors associated with family social distancing practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25, 1689-1696. 

Limbers, C.A., Greenwood, E.*, Shea, K.*, & Fergus, T.  (2021).  Metacognitive beliefs and emotional eating in adolescents.  Eating and Weight Disorders: Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity, 26, 2281-2286.

Teasdale, A.* & Limbers, C.A. (2021).  An online assessment of problem-solving skills among fathers of young and school-age children with Type 1 Diabetes: Associations with parent and child outcomes.  Journal of Child Health Care, 25, 379-392.

Limbers, C.A., & Summers, E.* (2021).  Emotional eating and weight status in adolescents: A systematic review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 991.

Limbers, C.A. (2021).  Factors associated with caregiver preferences for their children’s return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Journal of School Health, 91, 3-8.

Limbers, C.A., Greenwood, E.*, & Horan, M.* (2020).  Convergent and discriminant validity of the Emotional Eating Scale Adapted for Children and Adolescents Short-Form.  Eating Behaviors, 39, 101442. 

Limbers, C.A., McCollum, C.*, & Greenwood, E.* (2020).  Physical activity moderates the association between parenting stress and quality of life in working mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Mental Health and Physical Activity, 19, 100358. 

Larson, M.*, Latendresse, S., Teasdale, A.*, & Limbers, C.A.  (2020).  The Pediatric Inventory for parents: Development of a short-form in fathers of children with Type 1 Diabetes.  Child: Care, Health, and Development, 46, 468-484. 

Limbers, C.A., Gutierrez, A.*, & Cohen, L.A.* (2020). The patient-centered medical home: Mental health and parenting stress in mothers of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Journal of Primary Care and Community Health, 11.   

*Indicates student co-author

Current Psy.D. Students:

Hannah Skiest, Franklin & Marshall College
Tatum Zeleznik, The Ohio State University
Erin Laurel, Texas A&M University 
Tara Luers, Miami University
Courtney Estrada, Arizona State University

Current Ph.D. Students:

Amy Baskin, Howard Payne University/Abilene Christian University

Courses taught at Baylor:

• PSY 3308 - Theories of Psychotherapy and Counseling
• PSY 3321 - Abnormal Psychology
• PSY 3330 - Psychopathology
• PSY 5410 - Child Psychopathology & Assessment