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Passive aggressive
personality disorder
Definition
Passive resistance to
demands for social and occupational performance beginning in early
adulthood.
Causes, incidence and
risk factors.
People with this disorder
resent responsibility, and show it through behaviours rather than through
open expression of their feelings. Procrastination, inefficiency, and
forgetfulness are behaviours used to avoid responsibility. The cause of
this disorder is unknown. Biological or genetic factors do not appear to
play a role.
Symptoms
• procrastination
• intentional inefficiency
• avoiding responsibility by claiming forgetfulness
• complaining
• blaming others
• resentment
• sullenness
• does not express hostility or anger openly
• fears authority
• resists suggestions from others
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