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

Abstract

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.