Data reporting the ability of the basic need subscales to predict health-promoting self-care behavior are displayed in Table 4. Self-actualization was the first variable to enter the equation, and it accounted for 58% of the variation in health-promoting self-care behavior. Physical need satisfaction increased the variance by 5% and love/belonging satisfaction increased the variance by 1%. Together, these three variables accounted for 64% of the variance in predicting health-promoting self-care behavior. Thus, self-actualization, physical, and love/belonging need satisfaction predicted engagement in health-promoting self-care behavior.