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Humans are social creatures who need good communication to interact with other individuals. This study aims to understand the influence of family communication patterns (conversation and conformity) on communication apprehension moderated by the adolescent’s extraversion personality. An instrument is the Personal Report of Communication Apprehension (PRCA-24), Revised Family Communication Patterns Instrument (RFCP), and International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) NEO-120. The result showed that pattern of conversation has a negative effect (ß = -0.620, p = 0.000) and conformity has a positive effect (ß = 0.730, p = 0.008) on communication apprehension. Conversation orientation is a relationship between family members who emphasize freedom in expressing an opinion. Meanwhile, the application of conformity family communication patterns is more oriented toward children’s independence. Extraversion personality can decrease the influence of the communication patterns conversation and conformity to communication apprehension. Communication apprehension moderated by extraversion personality in the adolescent is influenced by the application of the conformity family communication pattern.

The article discusses the demographic factors that have the greatest impact on national security. The shift in the values of modern society has changed the emphasis in the main factors characterizing national security. The population ageing, increased health care costs and pension payments, as well as the growing economic burden on people of working age, give reasons to consider the demographic component as the main one in the system of national security. The purpose of the study is to quantify the impact of individual demographic factors on national security indexes. The authors compared the main demographic indicators of the Russian Federation and developed countries. Based on the data for developed countries the threshold values of the main demographic indicators were determined. Regression analysis to determine the dynamics of demographic indicators for the Russian Federation was applied, and a generalized index of the demographic component of national security was determined. In addition, elasticity coefficients were calculated to determine the impact of individual demographic indicators. The authors found that previously overlooked parameters of demographic security indicators, such as the share of the older citizens in the total population and the demographic burden of the elder population, are important in the national security assessment. The recommendations on improving the demographic component of Russia’s national security were proposed. For the Russian Federation, all indicators are in the critical range (below the minimum threshold value).

Our objective in this work was to show how the pandemic and mitigation efforts affected the physical and emotional well-being of parents and children in our research context through early March of 2020. The methods used in our research include the analysis of children’s drawings, as well as interviews with teachers and family members. During this period of the restriction, our research verified the presence of reduced physical activities, eating disorders, increased requests for and reliance on video games, and screen time for entertainment, all fears related to isolation, restlessness dreams, emotional withdrawal, and sadness/depression.