The purpose of this study was to compare the neuroticism of abusive and non-abusive and hus bands their demographic characteristics in Isfahan as perceived by their wives. The wives of both abusive and non-abusive husbands in Isfahan 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, respectively, random sampling and cluster random sampling techniques. In the present study a short-form Questionaire of five important personality traits (R) with the correlation Validity, coefficient of 0/86 and a demographic questionaire was used to collect data from the populations. Results indicate that, according to an analysis of covariance, there is a significant difference as far as Neuroticism (p<0.05) are concerned. Abusive husbands tend to be higher Neuroticism 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.