保護令(protectionorder)的核發是家庭暴力防治法落實與否最重要的指標。因此在保護令執行近兩年之際，對保護令執行的現況進行評估，並了解保護令的聲請者(受虐婦女)在保護令聲請過程的相關經驗是本研究的目的。利用個別深度訪談法收集22位受虐婦女的聲請經驗，以開放性的編碼來分析資料，研究結果顯示受虐婦女在聲請保護令前對保護令的認識相當有限、對暴力行為的無法再忍受是受虐婦女聲請保護令的主要心理機制、他們亦期待保護令能對施暴者產生嚇阻和約束的作用，此外本研究亦呈現了受虐婦女與婚暴網絡成員的互動經驗、及在保護令聲請過程中及核發後所面對的困境等。最後，研究者根據在上述的研究結果，提出研究討論和建議，以供未來修法及相關工作人員因應的參考依據。

The purpose of this study is to explore the abused women's experiences of applying protection order. The in-depth interview was conducted 22 voluntary interviewees. Data analysis adopted the open-coding system. The results indicated that the abused women showed very little knowledge about the protection order and the main psychological mechanism for them to apply for the protection order was the intolerance to the violence behaviors. In addition, the study showed the interaction among the abused women and the members in the domestic violence network, as well as the hardships during and after the process of applying for protection order. According to the research findings, suggestions were made for institutes of marital violence to provide better services and for the government to renew the law.