Lilemo tse mashome a mabeli a metso e mehlano ka mor'a hore sebaka sa marang-rang sa Sixdegrees.com se qale phetoho tseleng eo batho ba sebelisang marang-rang ka eona, karolo ea boraro ea Maamerika e re mecha ea litaba ea sechaba e kotsi ho feta bophelo ba bona ba kelello. Hoo e ka bang halofo e boletse hore mecha ea litaba ea sechaba e utloisitse sechaba ka kakaretso bohloko 'me karolo ea 42 lekholong e re e senya lipuisano tsa lipolotiki. Sena ke ho ea ka liphetho tsa American Psychiatric Association (APA)'s February 2022 Healthy Minds Monthly phuputso e entsoeng ke Morning Consult, Jan. 19-20, 2022, har'a sampole e emelang naha ea batho ba baholo ba 2,210.
Likarabo li ne li le ntle hanyane ha batho ba baholo ba neng ba bontša hore ba sebelisa mecha ea litaba ea sechaba ba botsoa hore na bona ba ikutloa joang ha ba e sebelisa. Liperesente tse mashome a robeli tsa basebelisi ba mecha ea litaba ea sechaba ba re ba ikutloa ba na le thahasello ha ba sebelisa mecha ea litaba ea sechaba, 72% ba ikutloa ba hokahane mme 72% ba re ba ikutloa ba thabile, ha ba bapisoa le 26% ba boletseng hore ba ikutloa ba se na thuso kapa ba boulela (22%).
Nakong ea seoa sa COVID-19, batho ba bangata ba baholo ba bontšitseng hore ba sebelisa mecha ea litaba ea sechaba ba tlalehile ho ba le lehlakore le letle la eona - 80% ea basebelisi ba mecha ea litaba ea sechaba ba re ba e sebelisitse ho hokahana le ba lelapa le metsoalle, mme 76% ba e sebeliselitse boithabiso. Ka kakaretso, ba ne ba boetse ba sa tšoenyehe haholo ka tšebeliso ea bona ea mecha ea litaba ea sechaba kapa ea bana ba bona. Mohlala, ba re marang-rang a sechaba a thusitse (31%) kapa ha a na tšusumetso (49%) likamanong tsa bona le metsoalle le ba lelapa. Batsoali bao ho buisanoeng le bona ba boletse hore marang-rang a sechaba a thusitse (23%) kapa ha a na tšusumetso (46%) boitlhomphong ba ngoana oa bona, leha a le mong ho ba bahlano a bontšitse hore e sentse bophelo ba kelello ba ngoana oa bona.
Sephetho se ts'episang ho tsoa phuputsong e ne e le hore hoo e ka bang karolo ea bobeli ho tse tharo (67%) ea Maamerika a ne a kholisehile ka tsebo ea bona ea ho thusa moratuoa haeba a bontša mathata a bophelo ba kelello mecheng ea litaba tsa sechaba.
