Another important observation of the present study is that most of
the participants (8 out of 10 participants) were having deficits in
social skills and were having less interaction with their coworkers
and staff of the training centre. Similar finding is
reported by Duncan, Matson, Bamburg, Cherry and Buckley who
investigated the correlation of SIB and aggression with social
skills among persons affected by severe and profound mental
retardation. They found that such mentally retarded persons who
displayed maladaptive behaviours have a restricted range of
social/adaptive behaviours as compared to controls23.
Another finding of the study reveals that there is a difference in
the effectiveness of anger management training program in
managing aggressive behaviors in adults with mild and moderate
mental retardation with respect to the participant’s age. Though
the difference is not statistically significant, the findings indicate a
trend that higher the age more effective is the anger management
training program in managing aggressive behaviors among adults
with mental retardation. In addition to the effect of anger
management training program, the difference may be attributed to
the therapeutic services which the participants were receiving
from the Department of Adult Independent Living (DAIL) and
General Services of NIMH, the participants falling in higher age