biostudies-literatureOkato AMitsubishi Foundation323https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7339586biostudies-literatureUnknown13(1)<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to clarify the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affect multidisciplinary workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted; the contents of the questionnaire included the Collaboration Evaluation Scale we developed and the workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. In total, 277 individuals from various agencies in Japan participated in this study. To examine the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration affecting workers' awareness of child maltreatment, we used hierarchical multiple regression analysis.<h4>Results</h4>The analysis showed the positive effect of "commitment with loyalty" on the workers' awareness of child maltreatment-related information in all fields (β = .1BMC research notesInter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers' ability to identify child maltreatment.PMC733958630325Eshima SHanda SSaito NSato YIchihara AOkato AIyo MHashimoto TOkayama JWatanabe HEndo MSenda MNakazato MTanaka MfalseInter-agency collaboration factors affecting multidisciplinary workers' ability to identify child maltreatment.<h4>Objectives</h4>This study aimed to clarify the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration that affect multidisciplinary workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. A questionnaire-based survey was conducted; the contents of the questionnaire included the Collaboration Evaluation Scale we developed and the workers' abilities to identify child maltreatment. In total, 277 individuals from various agencies in Japan participated in this study. To examine the factors of successful inter-agency collaboration affecting workers' awareness of child maltreatment, we used hierarchical multiple regression analysis.<h4>Results</h4>The analysis showed the positive effect of "commitment with loyalty" on the workers' awareness of child maltreatment-related information in all fields (β = .12020-01-01T00:00:00Z2020 Jul2025-04-26T08:12:39.603Z2025-04-06T12:35:11.504ZS-EPMC73395863263145410.1186/s13104-020-05162-7