The child in the mother’s mind: Mothers’ Object Relations Scales

A part of the Child Development and Learning (CDL) seminar series

Designed for use by health practitioners in perinatal mental health and in supporting relationships with children in the early years, as well as in research, MORS-SF and MORS-Child are short questionnaire instruments with good validity and acceptability. They tap into a core component of the attachment relationship, the internal working model of the mother (or other caregiver) viv-a-vis the child’s relation towards them. The seminar will describe the theoretical basis, origins and development of the instruments.