Table 2

Summary of effects of consumer suspicion

Cognitive
  • Increased attributional thinking

(Fein et al., 1990; Hilton et al., 1993)
  • Decreased correspondence bias

(Fein, 1996; Marchand and Vonk, 2005)
  • Decreased cognitive resources

(Campbell and Kirmani, 2000)
  • Negative attitude toward salesperson tactics

(Campbell and Kirmani, 2000)
  • Detection of deception

(McCornack and Levine, 1990; Fein, 1996)
  • Perceptions of lower product quality

(Zhuang et al., 2018)
  • Questioning consumer reviews

(DeCarlo, 2005)
  • Underweighting consumer reviews

(Munzel, 2015)
  • Decreased reputation perceptions

(Harrison-Walker and Jiang, 2023)
  • Terminates elaboration of claims

(Craig et al., 2012)
  • Decreased persuasion

(Harrison-Walker and Jiang, 2023)
  • Activates persuasion knowledge

(Harrison-Walker and Jiang, 2023)
  • Judgment suspension

(Panigyraki et al., 2024)
Affective
  • Fear and anxiety

(Bobko et al., 2014)
  • Increase of (mal)intent and uncertainty

(Kee and Knox, 1970; Bobko et al., 2014)
  • Stress and threat

(Bobko et al., 2014)
  • Worry

(Darke and Ritchie, 2007)
  • Self-defense

(Xie, 2016)
  • Alertness

(Vonk, 1998)
  • Dislikability of the reviewer of online reviews

(Harrison-Walker and Jiang, 2023)
  • Lack of trustworthiness

(Benedictus et al., 2010)
Behavioral
  • Information search

(Sinaceur, 2010; DeCarlo et al., 2013)
  • Decreased purchase intentions

(DeCarlo, 2005; Kollmer et al., 2022; Harrison-Walker and Jiang, 2023)

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