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We assess the predictive and discriminant validity of the basic values in the refined value theory (Schwartz et al., 2012) by examining how value tradeoffs predict behavior in Italy, Poland, Russia, and the USA. 1857 respondents reported their values and rated their own and a partner’s behavior. Multigroup CFA supported the distinctiveness of the 19 values and the 19 self-and other-rated behaviors. MDS analyses supported the circular motivational order of the 19 values. Findings affirmed the theorizing that behavior depends upon tradeoffs between values that propel and inhibit it Across four countries, value importance, behavior frequency, and gender failed to moderate the strength of value-behavior relations. This raises the question of the conditions under which the widely cited assumption that normative pressure weakens value-behavior relations, holds.