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<p>Characteristics of participants.</p> Nuray Alaca (24998538) Sılasu Turhan (24998541) Ali Ömer Acar (24666284) Sergen Öztürk (24998544) Medicine Biotechnology Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified Cancer Science Policy Infectious Diseases Virology 21 &# 8211 significant negative predictors biopsychosocial assessment approach promoting lifestyle profile dwelling older adults postural awareness showed positive predictor across 614 ); self 424 ); self promoting lifestyle behaviors geriatric pain measure postural awareness scale xlink "> self 40 ); self life </ p xlink "> older adults promoting behaviors lifestyle behaviors postural awareness positive predictor negative predictor biopsychosocial resources strongest predictor geriatric pain total score study examined strongest correlation sectional study positively correlated negatively correlated interventions targeting hplp ), healthy aging findings support final analyses consistently associated also correlated also contributing 65 years 575 ), 436 ), 280 individuals <div> <p>Objective</p><p>This study examined the associations of self-compassion and self-efficacy with geriatric pain, postural awareness, health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, and quality of life in community-dwelling older adults in Turkey.</p> <p>Methods</p><p>In this cross-sectional study, 280 individuals were screened and 179 adults aged ≥65 years were included in the final analyses. Participants completed validated instruments including the Geriatric Pain Measure, Self-Compassion Scale, Self-Efficacy Scale, Postural Awareness Scale, Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP), and quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF).</p> <p>Results</p><p>Self-efficacy emerged as the most consistent predictor across outcomes. In the hierarchical model predicting quality of life, the final model explained 61.4% of the variance (R² = 0.614); self-efficacy (β = 0.340) was a positive predictor and geriatric pain (β=−0.346) a negative predictor, with health responsibility (β = 0.328) and interpersonal support (β = 0.181) also contributing (all p < 0.05). In the hierarchical models predicting HPLP subdimensions and the total score, the final models explained 21–40% of the variance (R² = 0.21–0.40); self-efficacy was a positive predictor across all subdimensions and the total score, self-compassion was the strongest predictor of nutrition (β = 0.436), and postural awareness was the strongest predictor of stress management (β = 0.300), whereas geriatric pain negatively predicted several domains. For geriatric pain, self-compassion (β=−0.205) and postural awareness (β=−0.212) were significant negative predictors, whereas self-efficacy was not (R² = 0.141). Bivariate associations were consistent with these models: HPLP total score showed the strongest correlation with quality of life (ρ = 0.575), which was also correlated with self-efficacy (ρ = 0.497) and self-compassion (ρ = 0.424); self-compassion was positively correlated with HPLP total score (ρ = 0.411) and self-efficacy (ρ = 0.376) and negatively correlated with geriatric pain (ρ=−0.267) (all p < 0.05).</p> <p>Conclusion</p><p>Self-efficacy was consistently associated with health-promoting behaviors and quality of life, while self-compassion and postural awareness showed more domain-specific associations with pain and lifestyle behaviors. These findings support a biopsychosocial assessment approach in older adults but do not establish that interventions targeting these resources would improve clinical outcomes.</p></div> 2026-09-16T17:24:40Z Dataset Dataset 10.1371/journal.pone.0356869.t001 https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/_p_Characteristics_of_participants_p_/33865341 CC BY 4.0