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Effects of boundary‐permeated self and patriotism on social participation in the Beijing Olympic Games
Author(s) -
Yang Yiyin,
Chen Manqi,
Chen Wuqing,
Ying Xiaoping,
Wang Bing,
Wang Junxiu,
Kolstad Arnulf
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
asian journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-839X
pISSN - 1367-2223
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-839x.2010.01306.x
Subject(s) - patriotism , beijing , bog , psychology , indigenous , social psychology , political science , geography , peat , law , china , ecology , archaeology , politics , biology
Indigenous theories proposed that the self boundary of Chinese has permeability. The present study examines the moderating effect of the boundary‐permeated self on Beijing residents' support and participation in the Beijing Olympic Games (BOG). In a survey after BOG, data about the boundary‐permeated self, patriotism, BOG focus, and BOG participation were collected. The results indicate that the boundary‐permeated self moderated the relationship between patriotism and participation in BOG. For respondents with a high permeability of the self boundary, their national focus and participation became more positive as their patriotism increased; for respondents with low permeability, their participation was high regardless of their patriotism level.