Untangling the web : reports of self-concept, academic motivation and perceived discrimination for indigenous secondary students

![CDATA[Recently, a new direction has emerged within the field of educational psychology that has sought to address the inequities between Indigenous Australian students and the wider Australian student population. More specifically, this direction is aimed at accurately identifying key psychological variables that influence educational outcomes for Indigenous students above and beyond the limited focus of socio-economic status (Craven & Marsh, 2004; Bin-Sallik, 2005). In adhering to this new psychological emphasis on understanding Indigenous Australian education, this paper shall examine what relations perceived discrimination may hold with two important multi-faceted psychological constructs. That is significant relations between varying facets of Indigenous students’ self-concept and academic motivation will be examined with regard to perceptions of discrimination. The results emphasise the need to more fully understand what unique relations perceived discrimination may hold with important psychological constructs for Indigenous students and how future research must address these relations when seeking to understand inequities in educational outcomes for Indigenous students.]]