The purpose of this study is to explore the effects of Acceptance–Commitment Therapy(ACT) on binge eating behavior, experiential avoidance, and psychological well–being of college students prone to binge eating disorders. Two hundred and fifty college students in Chonbuk province completed a Binge Eating Scale(BES), a Acceptance & Action Questionnaire-16 (AAQ-16), and a Psychological Well-Being Scale(PWBS). Fourteen patients selected by those scales were randomly assigned, seven of them to the ACT group and seven to the control group. The ACT program was administered for eight sessions. All participants completed BES, AAQ-16, and PWBS at pre-test, post-test, and at eight week follow-up periods. The results of this study were as follows: Binge eating behavior and experiential avoidance of the therapy group decreased more than for the control group. Psychological well-being of the therapy group increased more than for the control group. Finally, the implications and the limitations of this study, and the suggestions for future study were also discussed.
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