"And I would say that in close to half of them this passive-aggressive behavior is running the whole show," she said.

Passive-aggressive behavior is a general term used in many contexts.

Passive-aggressive behavior is usually displayed by people who don't have any self-confidence.

Sometimes, however, mild passive-aggressive behavior can be an effective means to avoid potentially costly confrontations.

Passive-aggressive behavior is a form of covert abuse.

Mahmut is hindered by an emotional condition, having raised passive-aggressive behavior to new heights.

"If someone tries to erase someone's past," he said, "it goes underground and the resentment can surface in passive-aggressive behavior."

His callow politeness is exaggerated into passive-aggressive behavior.

It is just this instinctive ability to pre-empt and defuse that, paradoxically, may lead to more problematic passive-aggressive behavior.

The PO service (from very limited third party observer experience) can cause the development of passive-aggressive behaviour to almost anybody (what is the professional view?)

This passive-aggressive behavior is quite frowned upon in the Israeli army where the slang rosh katan (small head) describes it.

This gambit inflates passive-aggressive behavior to such epic proportions that it would take even Oprah a week to work it out.

Renee ruffles the other women's feathers with her passive-aggressive behaviour initially but eventually becomes friends with her neighbours.

This includes dishonesty (about themselves) and passive-aggressive behavior ("being unavailable, forgetting, being late, not following through...").

The keys to Frémont's character and personality may lie in his being born out of wedlock, ambitious drive for success, self-justification, and passive-aggressive behavior.

And although this rage isrft shown directly, the anger may come out "sideways," in sarcasm, forgetfulness, hostile jokes, or other passive-aggressive behaviors.

For her part, Martha is too concerned with impressing the local music festival's lectures committee to acknowledge her part in her husband's passive-aggressive behavior.

The ideal gatekeeper was trained from birth in passive-aggressive behavior designed to cause acid reflux in anyone who petitioned for access to the gatekeeper's master.

While coping with frustration, some individuals may engage in passive-aggressive behavior, making it difficult to identify the original cause(s) of their frustration, as the responses are indirect.

After engaging in stereotypical passive-aggressive behavior with Mrs. Lockhart, the bear concludes that he is not in the mood to go out for the night.

It is passive-aggressive behavior, the donning of a mask of amiability that conceals raw antagonism toward one's competitors, even one's friends.

These experts make a distinction between passive-aggressive behavior, which most people display at times, and passive-aggressive personality, which is ingrained and habitual.

To manage garden variety passive-aggressive behavior, psychiatrists often advise a kind of protective engagement: don't attack the person; that only reinforces your position as an authority making demands.

Passive-aggressive behavior was first defined clinically by Colonel William Menninger during World War II in the context of men's reaction to military compliance.

Some researchers have suggested that females are not necessarily less aggressive, but that they tend to show their aggression in more covert and less physical ways (e.g., Passive-aggressive behavior).