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Support for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian students’ wellbeing at school
Dillon, Anthony Craven, Rhonda G. Kaur, Gurvinder Yeung, Alexander Seeshing
Dillon, Anthony
Craven, Rhonda G.
Kaur, Gurvinder
Yeung, Alexander Seeshing
Abstract
Appropriate support is crucial for Australian Aboriginal students to do well. The purpose of this paper was to investigate relations between 3 sources of educational support and 5 wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian students and how these relations may differ for each group. Data were collected from students in Years 4–6 (N = 660) from 171 primary schools in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Findings not only further revealed that there is a need to improve the psychosocial wellbeing of Aboriginal students in Australia, but also suggest that to improve wellbeing, educational support needs to be provided from various sources, including working with Indigenous families to capitalize on family support for the wellbeing of Aboriginal students.
Keywords
Aboriginal, Indigenous, Wellbeing, Psychosocial, Support
Date
2020
Type
Journal article
Journal
International Journal of Educational Research
Book
Volume
99
Issue
Page Range
1-11
Article Number
ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Controlled