Limitations or occasions when the MORS-SF is not recommended

[Rebecca Eleady-Cole]

Hi there,
We may have missed it amongst the helpful resources provided on this site, but we wondering about limitations to the MORS-SF usage (for example, when a baby might be extremely premature/have developmental difficulties or have difficulties with sight or hearing)?
Many thanks

[John Oates]

Thanks for your enquiry, Rebecca
It’s really a matter of judgement and sensitivity.
Clearly for an infant with sensory impairments some of the MORS questions are problematic.
It would be valid to omit one, or at most two, items from each axis and then correct the scores.
For example if one item from the seven invasion axis items was omitted, and the sum score from the six items was say 15, then the corrected score would be 15/6 x 7 = corrected score. For two items missing, divide the sum score on the five items by five and multiply by seven.
Because parenting infants with disabilities or additional needs can be challenging, it is useful to be able to understand better how the parent is perceiving their infant’s feeling towards them, because that is an especially sensitive aspect and potentially a useful touchpoint for therapeutic intervention.

I hope that is helpful. Do contact me again if you have more queries.

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