%0 Journal Article %J Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century %D 2019 %T PERSONAL VALUES AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE: ANXIETY FREE VS ANXIETY-BASED DIMENSION %A Mariam Kvitsiani %A Maia Mestvirishvili %A Khatuna Martskvishvili %A Tamar Kamushadze %A Mariam Odilavadze %A Mariam Panjikidze %K basic value systems %K psychological flexibility %K quantitative research %K unconditional self-acceptance %X When talking about human well-being, Unconditional Self-acceptance represents one of the cores. Although researchers have focused on various predictors of Acceptance, there is not a clear understanding of personal values impacting the process of accepting oneself. The aim of the research was to explore the association between basic values and unconditional self-acceptance, and to find out the role of psychological flexibility in this relationship. 370 participants filled the questionnaires to explore basic values, unconditional self-acceptance and psychological flexibility. As data showed, self-transcendence and openness to change predict higher level of psychological flexibility, however, only openness to change possesses positive predictive power for unconditional self-acceptance. Mediation model indicates that basic value system of openness to changes is the one, which reflected on individual’s higher psychological flexibility, and through this flexibility she/he achieves higher level of unconditional self-acceptance. The research confirmed a unique role of openness to change in association with self-acceptance which might be an important insight for clinical psychologists as well as for mental health professionals. %B Problems of Psychology in the 21st Century %V 13 %P Continuous %8 December/2019 %G eng %U http://oaji.net/articles/2019/444-1576255241.pdf %N 2 %9 Original article %& 84-100 %R https://doi.org/10.33225/ppc/19.13.84