The Passive Aggressive Personality

July 2, 2008
Host: Armand DiMele

Passive aggression is not just dropping the birthday cake. Armand DiMele unpacks it as a pervasive pattern of stubbornness, procrastination, and obstructionism rooted in fear of confrontation, then maps the full spectrum from passive resistance to predatory aggression, arguing that assertiveness is the healthy middle ground.

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