A Comparison of Neuroticism of Abusive and Non-abusive Husbands and Their Characteristics as Perceived by Their Wives in Isfahan, 2007

The purpose of this study was to compare the neuroticism of abusive and non-abusive and hus bands their demographic characteristics in Isfa- han as perceived by their wives. The wives of both abusive and non-abusive husbands in Isfa- han constitute the population of the study. The population of the wives of abusive-husbands (50) and the population of the wives of non-abusive husbands(50) were selected via, respec- tively, random sampling and cluster random sampling techniques. In the present study a short-form Questionaire of five impor- tant per- sonality traits (R) with the correlation Validity, coefficient of 0/86 and a demographic question- aire was used to collect data from the populatio- ns. Results indicate that, according to an analy- sis of covariance, there is a significant differe- nce as far as Neuroticism (p<0.05) are concer- ned. Abusive husbands tend to be higher Neuro- ticism as compared to non-abusive husbands.the comparison of the demographic characteristics between abusive and non-abusive husbands showed that, except for age(p>0.05), there is significant difference as regard to profession, educational status, marriage age, marriage type (interrelative marriage vs. out-of-relative marriage) and the number of siblings.