Schtze distinguish between 4 process structures or four fundamental types of attitudes toward biographical experiences; 1- Action Schemes Subject

can plan these schemes and the sequence of experiences thus consists of the successful or failed attempt to put them into practice. 2- Institutional Patterns The subject and their interaction partners or opponents can expect as part of an expected social or organizational schedule, and the consequence of experiences thus consist of the punctual, accelerated, delayed, impeded or failed progression of the individual steps expected. 3- Trajectories of Suffering Biographical events may be overwhelming for biographical subject. Initially they can only react to them conditionally, struggling to regain an albeit frail state of balance in the way they live their everyday life. 4- Transformative Processes/ Metamorphosis Relevant biographical events can stem from the biographical subjects inner world. In contrast to action schemes, however, they develop unexpectedly and experiences by the biographical subject as a systematic transformation in their options of action and experience.

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Social support is critical for women in abusive relationships. While the social support may decrease the negative impact and the risk factors that women possibly experienced in the abusive relationship. This study aim to assess how gauge and far the social support received and perceived by the women. Based on the qualitative study and using narrative interview method where three women from different major ethnic in Malaysia has been interviewed and their interview has been analyzed using genogram network diagram and has been comparing with the process structures or four fundamental types of attitudes toward biographical experiences introduced by Schtze. The findings show that women have relative social support from institutional support. The research suggest that prevalence of domestic violence and the recurrent of abusive is because even tough the network of women in abusive relationships were bigger in size, but inefficient in their ability to reach supports the women needed. Thus the social network is not equal to social support they want. Yet, they had a limited access to resources that may be available through these networks. The starting point to start seeking help has a similarities

between them which they start their action scheme when the abuse has occurred to their children. Therefore, it is expected that the results of this study will provide useful guideline and intervention for responsible party to tackle and consider the issue of intimate partner violence.