Verena R. Cimarolli, PhD
Director of Evaluation
Verena R. Cimarolli joined the Arlene R. Gordon Research Institute of Lighthouse International as a research intern in 1997. From 1999 to 2001 Verena held the position of research coordinator of a 5-year longitudinal study on the interrelationship between depression, disability and the use of rehabilitation services in vision impaired elders funded by the National Eye Institute (NEI). From 2001 to 2006 Verena was a research associate for evaluation. Currently, she serves as director of evaluation.
Dr. Cimarolli was the Principal Investigator of an NIMH funded study on disability, pereceived overprotection, and mental health among young and middle-aged adults with vision loss. She is also currently Co-Investigator of an ongoing research program focusing on life goals, disability-related goal intereference, rehabilitation and coping among younger persons with vision loss.
Interests
- Social support and adaptation to vision loss
- Caregiving to adults with vision impairment
- Predictors of competitive employment for young and middle-aged adults with visual impairments
Publications
Cimarolli, V. R. (2006). Perceived overprotection and distress in adults with vision impairment. Rehabilitation Psychology, 51, 338-345.
Cimarolli, V. R., & Wang, S., (2006). Social support differences among employed and unemployed adults who are visually impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 100, 545-556.
Cimarolli, V. R., Boerner, K., & Wang, S., (2006). Life goals in vision rehabilitation: Are they addressed and how? Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 100, 343-352.
Cimarolli, V. R., Stuen, C., & Sussman-Skalka, C. J. (2006). Promoting a message on vision loss to diverse groups of adults. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 100, 235-239.
Boerner, K., Wang, S., & Cimarolli, V.R. (2006). The impact of functional loss: Nature and implications of life changes. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 11, 265-287.
Cimarolli, V. R., Reinhardt, J. P., & Horowitz, A. (2006). Perceived overprotection: Support gone bad? Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 61: S18-S23.
Sussman-Skalka, C. J., Cimarolli, V. R., & Stuen, C. (2006). The role of organizations in reaching older adults about vision loss, Educational Gerontology, 32, 297-306.
Cimarolli, V. R., & Boerner, K. (2005). Social Support and well-being in adults who are visually impaired. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 99, 521-534.
Boerner, K. & Cimarolli, V. R. (2005). Optimizing rehabilitation for adults with vision impairment: Attention to life goals and their links to well-being. Clinical Rehabilitation, 19, 790-798.
Cimarolli, V. R. (2005). Perceived Overprotection: Support gone Wrong?, Sharing Solutions, Fall Issue. New York: Lighthouse International.
Cimarolli, V.R., Sussman-Skalka, C. J., & Goodman, C.R. (2004). "Program for Partners": Support groups for partners of adults with visual impairments. Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 98, 90-98.
Cimarolli, V. R. (2002). The impact of perceived overprotection on adjustment to age-related vision loss (Doctoral dissertation, Fordham University, 2002). Dissertation Abstracts International, 62, (12-B), 5994.
Sussman-Skalka, C., & Cimarolli, V. R. (2002). Programs for partners of people with impaired vision: A discussion guide for support group leaders. New York: Lighthouse International.
Brennan, M., Horowitz, A., Reinhardt, J. P., Cimarolli, V., Benn, D. T., & Leonard, R. L. (2001). In their own words: Strategies developed by visually impaired elders to cope with vision loss. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 35, 63-85.
Silverstein, B., Clauson, J., Perdue, L., Carpman, S., & Cimarolli, V. (1998). The association between female college student's reports of depression and their perceptions of parental attitudes regarding gender. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 28 (6), 537-549.
Silverstein, B., Caceres, J., Perdue, L., & Cimarolli, V. (1995). Gender differences in depressive symptomatology: The role played by anxious somatic depression associated with gender-related achievement concerns. Sex Roles, 33 (9-10), 621-636.