Sentence examples for covert aggressive from inspiring English sources

Since overt physical aggression is discouraged amongst girls [ 38], it is possible that they respond to inconsistent parenting with a covert aggressive style that is more socially acceptable.

It is anticipated that this research will result in a standardised instrument that is suitable for exploring preadolescent children's experiences of covert aggressive behaviour.

Four questions were asked about four types of aggressive behavior, including 'Which children kick, hit or push other children?' (physical aggression), 'Which children call other children names?' (verbal aggression), 'Which children gossip or tell lies about other children?' (relational aggression), and 'Which children do sneaky things that are not allowed?' (covert aggression).

Secondary analysis of the independent contributions of covert and aggressive CD symptoms to the association between SCQ scores and CD symptoms indicates that it is the aggressive symptoms which drive this association.

Thus, using Lula prophage as a model, we reveal the following principles of survival and reproduction in the laboratory environment: 1) stealth (via laboratory material commensality), 2) stability (via resistance to specific protocols), 3) infectivity (via covert yet aggressive productivity and laboratory protocol hitchhiking).

Burned by scandals, the C.I.A. pulled back from aggressive covert actions in the 1990's.

He has pressed for a stronger military commitment in Syria and support for some opposition groups, along with a series of more aggressive covert actions, according to administration officials.

WASHINGTON — President Bush's senior national security advisers are debating whether to expand the authority of the Central Intelligence Agency and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan.

While Pompeo has made it a top priority to rebuild the C.I.A.'s capabilities to collect intelligence in Russia, the White House has so far balked at authorizing an aggressive covert campaign to punish Moscow for its interference in the 2016 election.

On Tuesday, President Trump's Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, released a scathing assessment of the Russian effort, which he said will probably "be the most capable and aggressive" covert influence campaign against the U.S. in 2018 — and not the only one.

As a secondary analysis of CD problems, CD symptoms were divided into aggressive and covert symptoms as suggested by previous factor analyses [ 36].