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 research focuses on the assessment of neurocognitive outcomes in obese children and adolescents, the development and validation of patient-reported outcome measures for children with chronic health conditions, and expanding the understanding of evidence-based pediatric interventions.

Selected Recent Publications:

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:

Emma Greenwood Summers, Baylor University
Rachel Thompson, University of Texas, Austin
Tatum Zeleznik, The Ohio State University
Erin Laurel, Texas A&M University

Current Ph.D. Students:

Christina McCollum Pavlov, Santa Clara University
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