These results provide preliminary evidence supporting the view that ability EI might lead to enhanced life satisfaction through affectivity
Our findings are in line with the principles of positive psychology that consider positive experience as an important route to greater life satisfaction
Nevertheless
these findings may be valuable not only for developing comprehensive theoretical models on mediating process and for understanding better the link between ability EI and well-being
but also for developing more effective EI intervention programs
Because individuals derive enhanced life satisfaction in a number of ways
it is necessary to understand how these different routes might be fostered
Accordingly
EI programmes aimed at heightening positive affect and reducing the disposition to experience adverse emotional states might be particularly useful in increasing how satisfied one is with one's life
As emotional abilities and affectivity tend to be more amenable to a psychosocial approach
people might be taught how to employ specific strategies for reducing negative moods and increasing positive ones; this in turn might help them to increase their global level of life satisfaction.