Passive-aggressive behavior is the
> indirect expression of hostility, such as through
> href="http://wikipedia.com/wiki/Procrastination"
> title="Procrastination">procrastination,
> hostile jokes, stubbornness, resentment,
> sullenness, or deliberate or repeated failure to
> accomplish requested tasks for which one is (often
> explicitly) responsible.
For research purposes, the href="http:wikipedia.com/wiki/DSM-IV"
> title="DSM-IV" class="mw-redirect">DSM-IV
> describes passive-aggressive personality
> disorder as a "pervasive pattern of
> negativistic attitudes and href="http://wikipedia.com/wiki/Passive_resistance
> " title="Passive resistance"
> class="mw-redirect">passive resistance to
> demands for adequate performance in social and
> occupational situations".