ABSTRACT
This third empirical chapter unpacks and interrogates the coping mechanisms which the study participants have been found to use to deflect the debilitating experiences of racism and Othering which they have been subjected to in everyday life in Scotland. This consideration of everyday coping mechanisms reveals how the ontological security theoretical perspective contributes to our understanding of identity negotiation processes for migrants. I look closely at how macro-narratives of Scottish distinctiveness are intertwined within the narratives and security-seeking processes of the young adult migrant participants in the study. This gives weight to my overall argument, that macro-narratives can provide security to minority actors, and can also provide an interpretative lens through which young adult migrants can make sense of everyday events.
