Emotion, analytic thinking and susceptibility to misinformation during the COVID-19 outbreak

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Highlights：

• Heightened emotionality was associated with increased belief in and a greater likelihood to share COVID-19 information.

• Negative emotion was negatively associated with accuracy discernment.

• Analytic thinking moderated the indirect relation between COVID-19 risk and accuracy discernment via negative emotion.

摘要

•Heightened emotionality was associated with increased belief in and a greater likelihood to share COVID-19 information.•Negative emotion was negatively associated with accuracy discernment.•Analytic thinking moderated the indirect relation between COVID-19 risk and accuracy discernment via negative emotion.

论文关键词：COVID-19,Misinformation,Emotion,Analytic thinking

论文评审过程：Received 9 September 2021, Revised 1 February 2022, Accepted 1 April 2022, Available online 8 April 2022, Version of Record 11 April 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107295