Table 2. Themes and Categories Emerged From the Focus-Groups.

Theme	Categories
Attitudes towards violence	Violence acceptance Male duty to control vulnerable women
Cultural norms towards the marital couple bond	Husbands’ supremacy Couple and family unity as a priority Disapproval/unacceptability of divorce Family as origin of the marital contract Families of origin as preferred help-seeking source in case of marital crisis
Impact of the geographical distance from the family of origin	Male loneliness and feeling overwhelmed Men exposure to deviant behaviors Women lack of protection
Women social relations in post-migration context	Women isolation Women employment