Passive–aggressive behavior is a type of behaviour characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation Passive–aggressiveness may not be necessarily a personality disorder. Personality disorder...
Passive–aggressive behavior is a type of behaviour characterized by indirect resistance to the demands of others and an avoidance of direct confrontation Passive–aggressiveness may not be necessarily a personality disorder. Personality disorder includes deviation in affectivity, cognition, control over impulses and need for gratification, ways of perceiving and thinking, and inflexible, maladaptive, or otherwise dysfunctional behaviour. There must be personal distress attributable to such behaviour. Deviation must be stable and of long duration.