On being happy and gullible: Mood effects on skepticism and the detection of deception

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When consumers doubt, Watch out! The role of CSR skepticism (2013, background): “Studies on skepticism extend across a range of disciplines, such as philosophy (e.g., McGrath, 2011), politics (e.g., Taber & Lodge, 2006), sociology (e.g., Owen-Smith, 2001), and psychology (e.g., Forgas & East, 2008).”
How Abusive Supervision Affects Workplace Deviance: A Moderated-Mediation Examination of Aggressiveness and Work-Related Negative Affect (2016, background): “Further, research has shown that inducing a state of negative affect increases an individual’s level of skepticism and helps them detect deviance in others (Forgas and East 2008).”
Don’t Worry, Be Sad! On the Cognitive, Motivational, and Interpersonal Benefits of Negative Mood (2013, unknown): “…experiments also have shown that negative moods have an overall beneficial influence on reducing gullibility and increasing skepticism when it comes to judging the likely truth of a number of urban myths and by Bob Swoap on June 9, 2013cdp.sagepub.comDownloaded from rumors (Forgas & East, 2008a).”