Based on the theory of resource conservation and social support, this paper discusses the
influence of college students’ recovery experience on academic achievement, the mediating effect of
academic self-efficacy and the moderating effect of perceived social support. Using a follow-up survey
sample including 310 students from a university located in Chongqing City, the analysis results are as
follows: (1) College students’ recovery experience has a significant positive impact on both academic selfefficacy
and academic achievement. (2) College students’ academic self-efficacy plays a mediating role in
the relationship between recovery experience and academic achievement. (3) College students’ perceived
social support plays a positive moderating role in the influence of recovery experience on academic selfefficacy.
The higher the perceived social support is, the stronger the positive effect of recovery experience
on academic self-efficacy will be.