PERSONAL VALUES AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE: ANXIETY FREE VS ANXIETY-BASED DIMENSION

TitlePERSONAL VALUES AND SELF-ACCEPTANCE: ANXIETY FREE VS ANXIETY-BASED DIMENSION
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsKvitsiani, M, Mestvirishvili, M, Martskvishvili, K, Kamushadze, T, Odilavadze, M, Panjikidze, M
JournalProblems of Psychology in the 21st Century
Volume13
Issue2
Start Page84-100
PaginationContinuous
Date PublishedDecember/2019
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN2029-8587
Other NumbersE-ISSN 2538-7197
Keywordsbasic value systems, psychological flexibility, quantitative research, unconditional self-acceptance
Abstract

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.

URLhttp://oaji.net/articles/2019/444-1576255241.pdf
DOI10.33225/ppc/19.13.84
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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