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Résumé Contexte Outre le fait que la solitude soit un facteur de risque pour la santé de l'individu, de nombreux patients expriment leur difficulté à engager une relation amoureuse. La création d'un lien affectif passe nécessairement par une phase de séduction. Cet article a donc pour objectif de présenter un état des lieux des recherches menées sur la séduction afin de relever les habiletés qui peuvent être travaillées et ainsi améliorer les interventions thérapeutiques des professionnels. Matériel et méthode Analyse de la littérature de 1967 et 2017 dans les bases de données Scopus, PsycInfo et SciencesDirect en utilisant les mots clefs suivants : seduction , human , courtship , female , male et pheromone. Résultats La séduction est composée d'aspects physiologiques, a priori immuables, mais également d'aspects psychologiques sur lesquelles il est possible d'agir. Cependant, si les premiers aspects font l'objet d'une littérature abondante, les seconds sont quant à eux encore peu approfondis. Conclusion Actuellement, il existe encore peu d'article portant sur le versant psychologique et modulable de la séduction. Malgré tout, la littérature existante nous offre des pistes intéressantes sur les habiletés de séduction qui peuvent être travaillées afin de favoriser la rencontre amoureuse. Summary Purpose Solitude and social isolation are correlated with most risk of suicide, depression and alcoholism. Affective link is a protective factor for human well being. To create an affective link, people have to initiate a courtship phase. However, many patients seem to be showing difficulty to seduce a partner. The purpose of this article is to investigate seduction characteristics in order to highlight what skills should be improved to facilitate the seduction phase. The initial section gives the definition of seduction and a brief history of his evolution. The influence of culture shall be also discussed. The second section gives information about biological and physiological aspects of seduction. Finally, the third section is focused on psychological aspects. Sources and methodology A review of the literature about seduction will be presented. We investigate studies from 1967 to 2017 using Scopus and SciencesDirect and PsycInfo data base with the keywords seduction, human, courtship, female, male and pheromone. Results Seduction includes biological and psychological aspects. Most studies are focused on biological aspect. Nevertheless, these factors cannot be modified because they are part of our human genetic inheritance. But psychological aspects give keys to improve seduction skills. Psychological aspects are composed of cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions. These dimensions can be improved with patients during therapy. Conclusion Studies might be more focused on psychological aspects of seduction because they can be improved and worked with patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Objectives: When facing to the stressful conditions of the academic living style, students seem to develop various addictive behaviours. These behaviours sometimes correspond to the use of a substance, sometimes to an addictive practice without any substance. Addictive behaviours are identified as a major public health problem and may occur for every student. However, differences are observed according to their gender. These differences mainly concern the prevalence, the reasons of use, and the psychological comorbidities, etc. Consequently, the aim of this study was to assess the male and female students’ addictive behaviour referring to three additional criteria: the attraction with the addictive behaviour, the incidence and the intensity of addictive behaviours with and without substances. These criteria have been estimated for three addictive behaviours related to substance use (alcohol, tobacco and cannabis) and three addictive behaviours without any substance (sport practice, the Internet use, and eating behaviours). These addictive behaviours are considered as the most frequently reported for the students. Procedure and participants: The attraction, incidence and intensity of the seven addictive behaviours have been estimated with the different specific versions of the Intensity of Addictive Behaviours Assessment Questionnaire (Décamps, Battaglia et Idier, sous presse [11]). The seven specific versions of the questionnaire was administered to a 354-students sample, composed with 281 girls (79,4 %) and 73 boys (20,6 %). The order of the seven questionnaires was randomised. Results: The comparison between male and female students revealed that the use of tobacco failed to reach statistical significance for the attraction, incidence and intensity score. This addictive behaviour is the only one that appears indistinctly between the two groups of students. The main results stated that most of the other forms of addiction seem to be more specific of either the male students or the female. The male students generally reported higher scores for alcohol use, cannabis use and sport practice than the female. Contrarily, addictive eating behaviours are more frequently reported for the female students. Conclusion: According to the differences observed between male and female students’ addictive behaviours, the results emphasise the importance of gender-specific actions of prevention and specific care for the consequences of such any addictions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]