PMID- 35224208 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220301 IS - 2398-502X (Print) IS - 2398-502X (Linking) VI - 6 DP - 2021 TI - Using the Mothers Object Relations Scale for early childhood development research in rural India: Findings from the Early Life Stress Sub-study of the SPRING Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (SPRING-ELS). PG - 54 LID - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16591.2 [doi] AB - Background: The World Health Organization and others promote responsive caregiving to support all children to thrive, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. The 14-item Mother's Object Relations Scales - Short Form (MORS-SF) may be of use in research and public health programmes because of its basis in attachment theory and ability to capture parental feelings towards their child. Methods: We culturally adapted the MORS-SF for use with mothers in the SPRING home visits trial when their infants were 12 months old. The same dyads were assessed using the HOME inventory concurrently and Bayley Scales of Infant Development III (BSID-III) at 18 months of age. Mixed effects linear regression was used to examine associations between MORS-SF (explanatory variable) and HOME-IT, and the cognitive, language and motor domains of BSID-III (outcome variables). Results: 1273 dyads completed all assessments. For the motor and language BSID-III scales and for HOME-IT there were strong and positive associations with the MORS-SF warmth sub-scale, and strong and negative associations with the invasion sub-scale. Important but less strong associations were seen with the BSID-III cognitive scale. Evidence of interaction suggested that both are individually important for child development. Conclusions: This is the first time MORS-SF has been used in India where optimising responsive caregiving is of importance in supporting all children to reach their potential. It is also the first time that the tool has been used in relation to child development. MORS-SF could be a valuable addition to evaluation in early childhood development. CI - Copyright: (c) 2022 Bhopal SS et al. FAU - Bhopal, Sunil S AU - Bhopal SS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1229-781X AD - Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcatle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. AD - Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. FAU - Roy, Reetabrata AU - Roy R AD - Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. AD - Sangath, New Delhi, India. FAU - Verma, Deepali AU - Verma D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3670-0124 AD - Sangath, New Delhi, India. FAU - Kumar, Divya AU - Kumar D AD - Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. AD - Sangath, New Delhi, India. FAU - Khan, Bushra AU - Khan B AD - Department of Psychology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. FAU - Soremekun, Seyi AU - Soremekun S AD - Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. AD - Department of Clinical Research, Faculty of Infectious & Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. FAU - Oates, John AU - Oates J AD - Faculty of Wellbeing, Education & Language Studies, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. FAU - Divan, Gauri AU - Divan G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6212-8358 AD - Sangath, New Delhi, India. FAU - Kirkwood, Betty R AU - Kirkwood BR AD - Maternal & Child Health Intervention Research Group, Department of Population Health, Faculty of Epidemiology & Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220131 PL - England TA - Wellcome Open Res JT - Wellcome open research JID - 101696457 PMC - PMC8847700 OTO - NOTNLM OT - attachment OT - child OT - child development OT - early childhood development OT - epidemiology OT - infant OT - mother-child relations OT - nurturing care OT - object relations COIS- No competing interests were disclosed. EDAT- 2022/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/02 06:01 CRDT- 2022/03/01 05:58 PHST- 2022/01/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/01 05:58 [entrez] PHST- 2022/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/02 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16591.2 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Wellcome Open Res. 2022 Jan 31;6:54. doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16591.2. eCollection 2021.