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Clinical Practice

The Special It: The Passive-Aggressive Personality: Part I

Pages 124-130
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article describes the developmental patterns and family structure associated with the passive-aggressive personality structure. Two feaures, “itness” and “specialness,” are seen as distinguishing features. Passive-aggressives are seen as locked into as helpless and frustrating unit with mother. This unit circles around father who deals with outside realities. Script messages and conflicts at each developmental stage are discussed. The script motto is identified as, “I'm pretending I'm a prince/princess, but I don't really believe it.”

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Frances Bonds-White

Frances Bonds-White, M.Ed, is a Clinical Provisional Teaching Member in I. T.A.A. and is owner/Director of Counseling & Consultation Associates in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 

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