Psychosocial ramifications of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-108

  Liu, Li ^a,b   Hong, Ying Yi ^c,d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing Olympics; Group cohesion; Group perceptions; Intergroup relations; Nationalism; Patriotism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954133308     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2010.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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