“…Seven of the included studies were conducted in Saudi Arabia (Al-Faris et al, 2013; Alzahrani et al, 2016; Barnawi, 2017; Eldoseri et al, 2014; Fageeh, 2014; Shiraz, 2016; Tashkandi & Rasheed, 2010), followed by eight studies in Jordan (Al-Badayneh, 2012; Clark, Hill, et al, 2009; Clark, Silverman, et al, 2009; Karadsheh & Al-Khatatneh, 2007; Lenze & Klasen, 2016; Okour & Badarneh, 2011; Oweis et al, 2010; Safadi et al, 2018); four studies in the Palestinian Territory (i.e., Gaza and the West Bank; Clark et al, 2010; Haj-Yahia, 2000a; Haj-Yahia & Clark, 2013; Sousa & Haj-Yahia, 2015); two studies in Egypt (Akmatov et al, 2008; Guimei et al, 2012), Syria (Alsaleh, 2015; Maziak & Asfar, 2003), and Lebanon (Hammoury & Khawaja, 2007; Hammoury et al, 2009); and one study in Sudan (Ali et al, 2014), the Kurdistan region in Iraq, Iraq (Lafta et al, 2009), Tunisia (Jellali & Jellali, 2015), and Morocco (Manoudi et al, 2013). Although all of the included studies investigated VAW, in which the perpetrators were their current or former intimate partners, various terms were used to describe this violence, that is, DV, IPV, VAW, wife beating/wife abuse/-and battering, family violence, spousal violence, gender-based violence, and intimate partner abuse.…”