Understanding Passive Aggressive Personality Trait
By: Christine Hammond, LMHC Most likely you have heard the term “passive-aggressive anger” which is a person who gets angry but doesn’t show it right away and instead stabs you in the back later. While the experience hurts, you are not likely to forget the passive-aggressive approach. Now take this concept and expand it to not just one emotion of anger but in nearly every aspect of a person’s personality. This is passive aggressive where blame is shifted from them to you and no responsibility or accountability is taken by them. So what is Passive Aggressive? Well, according to the new DSM-V, passive aggressive did not make the final personality disorder cut and instead is classified under Personality Disorder Trait Specified (PDTS). This means that there was not enough research to properly classify passive aggressive as having a named personality disorder but there is evidence enough that it does exist. So the traits of passive aggressive are still classifiable