When Abby gets mad at her husband, she is so afraid of expressing her anger that she allows this anger to build up. Abby is exhibiting which cyclic pattern of anger?

Name: When Abby gets mad at her husband, she is so afraid of expressing her anger that she allows this anger to build up. Abby is exhibiting which cyclic pattern of anger?
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Abby's behavior fits the "passivity and outburst" pattern, where anger builds up due to a lack of expression (passivity) until it eventually leads to an outburst.

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