Christine A. Limbers, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology (Core Clinical Faculty) and Graduate Program Director, Psy.D. program
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:
Abbigail Gutierrez, Rice UniversityEmma Greenwood Summers, Baylor University
Rachel Thompson, University of Texas, Austin
Tatum Zeleznik, The Ohio State 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