The effectiveness of protection orders (PO) from abuse vary by objective and subjective metrics, including victims’ perceptions and legal outcomes. It is unclear how defendants perceive PO violations and evaluate decisions to violate POs. This study examined how context, emotion regulation, and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) were related to the decision to violate a PO. A general community sample (N = 300) recruited via Amazon Mechanical Turk completed a demographics questionnaire, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS), ACEs Questionnaire, and a study-specific vignette and measure asking their projected likelihood of verbally/physically violating the PO. The context in each vignette was randomized to include control (providing information about the PO and ex-partner), custody (alluding to child custody disputes), or significant other conditions (introducing the complainant’s new partner). PO context was not significantly related to projected physical or verbal violations. DERS and ACEs were significantly associated with projected total and physical violations in all contexts. DERS scores were also associated with verbal violations. Certain violation types were related to endorsement of specific ACEs items: self-reported sexual abuse and household abuse were each associated with projected total and physical PO violations. Preliminary data suggest that emotion regulation and ACEs may be more noteworthy than the situation in which the PO was issued. Given the impact of ACEs on emotion dysregulation and offending behavior (e.g. domestic violence), research is needed on effective early interventions and to determine when/where POs may fail to prevent future harm.

保护令免受滥用的效力因客观和主观指标（包括受害者的看法和法律结果）而异。尚不清楚被告如何看待违反P​​O并评估违反PO的决定。这项研究检查了情境，情绪调节和不良儿童经历（ACE）与违反PO的决定之间的关系。普通社区样本（N = 300）是通过Amazon Mechanical Turk招聘的，他们完成了一份人口统计问卷，情绪调节量表的困难（DERS），ACE调查问卷以及一项针对特定研究的小插曲，并进行了测量，并询问了他们言语/身体上违反PO的预计可能性。每个小插图中的环境都随机包括控制（提供有关PO和前伴侣的信息），监护权（暗示有子女监护权纠纷）或其他重要条件（介绍申诉人的新伴侣）。PO上下文与预期的身体或语言违规没有显着相关。在所有情况下，DERS和ACE都与预计的总体和实际违规行为显着相关。DERS分数还与口头违规有关。某些违规类型与对特定ACE项目的认可有关：自我报告的性虐待和家庭虐待均与预计的总体和身体PO违规有关。初步数据表明，情绪调节和ACE可能比发布PO的情况更值得注意。考虑到ACEs对情绪失调和犯罪行为（例如家庭暴力）的影响，需要对有效的早期干预措施进行研究，并确定PO在何时/何地可能无法防止未来的伤害。