Effects of boundary-permeated self and patriotism on social participation in the Beijing Olympic Games

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Yang, Yiyin ^a   Chen, Manqi ^a   Chen, Wuqing ^a   Ying, Xiaoping ^a   Wang, Bing ^a   Wang, Junxiu ^a   Kolstad, Arnulf ^b  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Beijing Olympic Games; Boundary permeated self; Patriotism; Self construal; Social participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954133033     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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