Christine A Limbers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1562038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christine A Limbers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christine A |
| FAMILY NAME | Limbers |
| SIGNATURE | LIMBERS C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baylor University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4880-1865 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Validation of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire in healthy siblings of children with chronic illnesses
The purpose of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the parent-report version of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire (SPQ) in well-siblings. Participants were 200 caregivers of healthy children ages 9-17 years who had a sibling (ages 0-18 years) diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, spina bifida, or congenital heart disease. The SPQ had acceptable internal consistency reliability for the total score (α = 0…
Mothers' Preferences for Their Children's Format for Return to School During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
The present study assessed factors associated with maternal preferences for their children's educational format (i.e., completely in-person, completely online/remote, or hybrid of in-person and online/remote) for return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these associations differed between full-time employed mothers and mothers who were not employed. Participants were 911 mothers of school-aged children from the United States (ful…
Factors Associated with Caregiver Preferences for Children's Return to School during the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to understand caregiver preferences for their children's instructional format for the start of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The purpose of the current study was to assess caregiver preferences for on-campus versus virtual learning at home during the fall and factors associated with these preferences. METHODS: Participants were caregivers of 4436 children and adolescents who were enrolled …
Maternal Factors Associated with Family Social Distancing Practices During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
Parenting Stress in Fathers of Children With Type 1 Diabetes
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate generic and pediatric parenting stress in an international sample of fathers of children with type 1 diabetes. Two-hundred forty-nine fathers of children ages 2 to 10 years with type 1 diabetes completed the Parenting Stress Index, Pediatric Inventory for Parents, Dads' Active Disease Support Scale (DADS), Self-Care Inventory, and a demographic/disease-related questionnaire online. More frequency o…
Validity of body mass index in assessing adiposity in Latina/o youth
Relatively few studies to date have examined the performance of BMI in detecting excess adiposity in Latina/o youth. The objective of the present study was to assess the validity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) BMI 95th percentile to identify excess adiposity in a sample of rural Latina/o youth. Height and weight and anthropometric skinfold measures were obtained for 636 third through fifth grade Latina/o students. App…
Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults
Executive functions play a critical role in regulating eating behaviors and have been shown to be associated with overeating which over time can result in overweight and obesity. There has been a paucity of research examining the associations among healthy dietary behaviors and executive functions utilizing behavioral rating scales of executive functioning. The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the associations among …
Commentary on strengthening the assessment of factorial invariance across population subgroups
Factorial invariance of pediatric patient self-reported fatigue across age and gender
Bayesian Estimation of Graded Response Multilevel Models Using Gibbs Sampling
The present study presents the formulation of graded response models in the multilevel framework (as nonlinear mixed models) and demonstrates their use in estimating item parameters and investigating the group-level effects for specific covariates using Bayesian estimation. The graded response multilevel model (GRMM) combines the formulation of graded response models with the discrimination parameter fixed at one for all items by Tuerlinckx and W…
PedsQLTM Cognitive Functioning Scale in pediatric liver transplant recipients
The PedsQLTM Infant Scales
The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version
This study determined the feasibility, reliability and validity of the 23-item PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version as a multidimensional measure of health-related quality of life. The study population consisted of 1273 students ages 18-25. The PedsQLTM (Physical, Emotional, Social, Work/School Functioning) Young Adult Version and SF-8TM were self-administered. The PedsQLTM evidenced minimal missing responses, achieved excellent r…
Longitudinal factorial invariance of the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Child Self-Report Version
Parent proxy-report of their children's health-related quality of life
BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement has emerged as an important health outcome in clinical trials, clinical practice improvement strategies, and healthcare services research and evaluation. While pediatric patient self-report should be considered the standard for measuring perceived HRQOL, there are circumstances when children are too young, too cognitively impaired, too ill or fatigued to complete a HRQOL instrument, a…
Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions
BACKGROUND: Advances in biomedical science and technology have resulted in dramatic improvements in the healthcare of pediatric chronic conditions. With enhanced survival, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) issues have become more salient. The objectives of this study were to compare generic HRQOL across ten chronic disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities from the perspectives of patients and parents. Comparisons were also bench…
The PedsQLTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in young adults
Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults
Executive functions play a critical role in regulating eating behaviors and have been shown to be associated with overeating which over time can result in overweight and obesity. There has been a paucity of research examining the associations among healthy dietary behaviors and executive functions utilizing behavioral rating scales of executive functioning. The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the associations among …
The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version
This study determined the feasibility, reliability and validity of the 23-item PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version as a multidimensional measure of health-related quality of life. The study population consisted of 1273 students ages 18-25. The PedsQLTM (Physical, Emotional, Social, Work/School Functioning) Young Adult Version and SF-8TM were self-administered. The PedsQLTM evidenced minimal missing responses, achieved excellent r…
Parent proxy-report of their children's health-related quality of life
BACKGROUND: Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measurement has emerged as an important health outcome in clinical trials, clinical practice improvement strategies, and healthcare services research and evaluation. While pediatric patient self-report should be considered the standard for measuring perceived HRQOL, there are circumstances when children are too young, too cognitively impaired, too ill or fatigued to complete a HRQOL instrument, a…
Impaired health-related quality of life in children and adolescents with chronic conditions
BACKGROUND: Advances in biomedical science and technology have resulted in dramatic improvements in the healthcare of pediatric chronic conditions. With enhanced survival, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) issues have become more salient. The objectives of this study were to compare generic HRQOL across ten chronic disease clusters and 33 disease categories/severities from the perspectives of patients and parents. Comparisons were also bench…
The PedsQLTM Multidimensional Fatigue Scale in young adults
Longitudinal factorial invariance of the PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Child Self-Report Version
The PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version
This study determined the feasibility, reliability and validity of the 23-item PedsQLTM 4.0 Generic Core Scales Young Adult Version as a multidimensional measure of health-related quality of life. The study population consisted of 1273 students ages 18-25. The PedsQLTM (Physical, Emotional, Social, Work/School Functioning) Young Adult Version and SF-8TM were self-administered. The PedsQLTM evidenced minimal missing responses, achieved excellent r…
Bayesian Estimation of Graded Response Multilevel Models Using Gibbs Sampling
The present study presents the formulation of graded response models in the multilevel framework (as nonlinear mixed models) and demonstrates their use in estimating item parameters and investigating the group-level effects for specific covariates using Bayesian estimation. The graded response multilevel model (GRMM) combines the formulation of graded response models with the discrimination parameter fixed at one for all items by Tuerlinckx and W…
PedsQLTM Cognitive Functioning Scale in pediatric liver transplant recipients
The PedsQLTM Infant Scales
Commentary on strengthening the assessment of factorial invariance across population subgroups
Factorial invariance of pediatric patient self-reported fatigue across age and gender
Validity of body mass index in assessing adiposity in Latina/o youth
Relatively few studies to date have examined the performance of BMI in detecting excess adiposity in Latina/o youth. The objective of the present study was to assess the validity of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) BMI 95th percentile to identify excess adiposity in a sample of rural Latina/o youth. Height and weight and anthropometric skinfold measures were obtained for 636 third through fifth grade Latina/o students. App…
Executive functions and consumption of fruits/ vegetables and high saturated fat foods in young adults
Executive functions play a critical role in regulating eating behaviors and have been shown to be associated with overeating which over time can result in overweight and obesity. There has been a paucity of research examining the associations among healthy dietary behaviors and executive functions utilizing behavioral rating scales of executive functioning. The objective of the present cross-sectional study was to evaluate the associations among …
Parenting Stress in Fathers of Children With Type 1 Diabetes
The purpose of the present study was to evaluate generic and pediatric parenting stress in an international sample of fathers of children with type 1 diabetes. Two-hundred forty-nine fathers of children ages 2 to 10 years with type 1 diabetes completed the Parenting Stress Index, Pediatric Inventory for Parents, Dads' Active Disease Support Scale (DADS), Self-Care Inventory, and a demographic/disease-related questionnaire online. More frequency o…
Factors Associated with Caregiver Preferences for Children's Return to School during the Covid ‐19 Pandemic
BACKGROUND: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need to understand caregiver preferences for their children's instructional format for the start of the 2020 to 2021 academic year. The purpose of the current study was to assess caregiver preferences for on-campus versus virtual learning at home during the fall and factors associated with these preferences. METHODS: Participants were caregivers of 4436 children and adolescents who were enrolled …
Maternal Factors Associated with Family Social Distancing Practices During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
Mothers' Preferences for Their Children's Format for Return to School During the Coronavirus Disease-2019 Pandemic
The present study assessed factors associated with maternal preferences for their children's educational format (i.e., completely in-person, completely online/remote, or hybrid of in-person and online/remote) for return to school during the COVID-19 pandemic and whether these associations differed between full-time employed mothers and mothers who were not employed. Participants were 911 mothers of school-aged children from the United States (ful…
Validation of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire in healthy siblings of children with chronic illnesses
The purpose of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the parent-report version of the Sibling Perception Questionnaire (SPQ) in well-siblings. Participants were 200 caregivers of healthy children ages 9-17 years who had a sibling (ages 0-18 years) diagnosed with cancer, diabetes, cystic fibrosis, epilepsy, spina bifida, or congenital heart disease. The SPQ had acceptable internal consistency reliability for the total score (α = 0…
Medicine (15 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Psychometrics (5 works) · Statistics (5 works)