Passive-Aggressive People: Could You Be One of Them?

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Passive-aggressive people don't get mad, they get even. When conflict triggers an emotional response, the passive-aggressive pattern is for revenge, by some form of sabotage. In conflict management, passive-aggressive behavior can often be the hardest to detect and manage - even in oneself. The fact is, many and perhaps even most people who engage in passive-aggressive patterns may not realize they are doing so in the first place. Passive-aggressive behavior can be easy to dismiss as no behavior at all, since passive-aggressive sabotage so often comes comes through inactivity: maybe choosing not to give extra help where it is needed, or just withholding vital information.

Passive-aggressiveness is not an identity; but it can be a deep pattern of behavior that can go unrecognized. To be a good conflict manager, it is important to be self-aware, in real-time, of the tendency for these habits to reinforce themselves, and to practice the skills to realize, in real-time, more choices for resolving conflict.

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