Passive-aggressive behavior occurs frequently in everyday interactions with our friends, romantic partners, family members ...

Passive aggression is particularly damaging in relationships. The target often feels frustrated and powerless, unable to secure the passive-aggressive person's cooperation.As a result, a person ...

Plus, how to effectively respond to these tendencies, according to the experts. While passive-aggressive behavior may seem ...

Passive-aggressive comments might seem harmless on the surface, but they do a lot more damage than you think. Instead of addressing issues directly, these phrases wrap frustration, resentment ...

If you want to name this world order anything, it ought to be called the passive-aggressive world order. National power does ...

If that snippy coworker is being passive-aggressive in an email (again!), resist the urge to send an equally snarly response. "The goal of the passive-aggressive person is to get someone else to ...

But he wants/defends the job of buying them as well as the privilege of withholding them from me, which is so amazingly passive-aggressive. He wants power. He is insane to try controlling the flowers.

Passive-aggressive behavior can sometimes be hard to identify. Here are some common phrases to avoid. Halfpoint Images via Getty Images Passive-aggressive behavior occurs frequently in everyday ...