Passive–aggressive personality disorder

Passive–aggressive personality disorder, also called negativistic personality disorder,^[1][2] is a type of personality disorder characterized by procrastination, covert obstructionism, inefficiency, and stubbornness. Passive–aggressive behavior is the obligatory symptom of the passive–aggressive personality disorder.^[3]

This disorder was included in previous editions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, but it has been absent since the introduction of the DSM-5. The previous edition – the DSM-IV – describes passive–aggressive personality disorder as a proposed disorder involving a "pervasive pattern of negativistic attitudes and passive resistance to demands for adequate performance" in a variety of contexts.^{[4]: 734–735}