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Passive-aggressive personality is a personality trait disturbance characterized by basic personality maldevelopment, comprising passive-dependent, passive-aggressive, and aggressive subtypes. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This paper aims to assess the clinical understanding and classification of passive-aggressive personality within psychiatric diagnostics.

November 1, 1954Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry

Clinical Assessment of Passive-Aggressive Personality

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RWRoy M. WhitmanUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs

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Randomized trial examines passive-aggressive personality traits, indicating their significance in personality assessments.

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This paper aims to assess the clinical understanding and classification of passive-aggressive personality within psychiatric diagnostics.
Analysis of historical nomenclature related to passive-aggressive personality from 1945 to 1952.
Review of the subdivisions of passive-aggressive personality as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders.
Passive-aggressive personality is classified into three types: passive-dependent, passive-aggressive, and aggressive type.
The distinguishing feature of passive-aggressive personality is primarily defined by personality maldevelopment rather than neurotic characteristics.

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Roy M. Whitman (1954) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0887aeef79633196e8bf5e https://doi.org/10.1001/archneurpsyc.1954.02330050010002

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