Listening to boys: our new research

Ahead of International Men's Day, AWARE India Trust will publish research on violence exposure and substance use among adolescent boys. The study looks at violence experienced at home, at school and in the neighbourhood, tobacco, alcohol and other substance use, and how the two are linked.

Home Environment

School & Street

Substance Use

Interlinked Trauma

Assessing household dynamics, witnessed domestic violence, and emotional safety within familial structures across Tamil Nadu.

Documenting peer bullying, corporal punishment in classrooms, and neighbourhood safety challenges in urban and rural localities.

Recording initiation ages, peer accessibility, and prevalence rates for tobacco, alcohol, and emerging substance dependencies.

Analyzing the direct pathways connecting exposure to chronic violence with escalated risks of substance dependence and poor wellbeing.