目前台灣學界在探討伴侶暴力議題時，幾乎都是以婚姻／家庭暴力作為研究焦點，訪談對象皆
是已婚受暴女性，尚未有學者關注到未婚女性在親密關係中所面臨的暴力問題，故研究者希望藉此研究能細緻地瞭解未婚受暴女性在親密關係中的經驗與處境，用以瞭解遭受伴侶暴力之未婚女性歷經何種關係抉擇經驗。
研究者以半結構深度訪談方法，訪談一位正處於暴力關係以及一位已離開暴力關係之未婚女
性，並採用質性取向研究方法進行資料的分析與探究。綜合兩位受訪者的關係抉擇經驗，大致可區分成三大階段：停留在暴力關係的顧慮～與愧疚感對戰，並在痛苦與甜蜜中來回拉扯、離開當下的抉擇～被動決定、以及離開後的變化～自我的茁壯。而施暴男友偶然為之的正向行為，造成受訪者在關係中不斷地經驗痛苦與甜蜜的交互循環，以及社會文化加諸在女性身上期待，皆會影響未婚受暴女性抉擇的結果，成為她們離開關係的窒礙。

For approximately almost two decades, clinicians and researchers have recognized the presence of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the lives of women in Taiwan. Researches documented the detrimental physical and mental health effects associated with IPV for women. These studies focused primarily on the experience of married women in abusive relationships. However, the issue of unmarried battered females in intimate partner violence relationships deserves consideration.
Therefore, the purpose of this research is to bridge the gap by exploring unmarried females in intimate partner violence relationships to better understand what experience that females have been through provokes decision making.
Semi-constructive and in-depth interviews were carried out upon two unmarried females of which one female still remained in violent relationship, while the other has terminated the relationship.
In addition, a qualitative research approach was also adopted in analyzing the collected data.
The results indicated that terminating an abusive relationship was a complex process rather than a single event. The process of termination might take years as well multiple attempts before they permanently left the abusive partners. Synthesizing two females’ decision-making experiences, the general process could be divided into three stages: (a) Stay in the violent relationship~ struggling with guiltiness, and pacing back and forth between pain and happiness (b) Make on-the-spot decision to leave ~ deciding passively (c) Change after leaving~ self-growth. It is
worth mentioning that the so-called ..good woman incantation.. imposed by the society and the culture limits the realms of possibilities from which these women may choose, thereby creating hindrance in the choice they make .