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Interest in the perceptions, expectations, behaviors, reactions, emotions and general functioning of couples has stimulated a great deal of psycho-social research in the past two decades in the West (e.g. Aron, Aron, & Smollan, 1992; Aronson, & Linder, 1965; Berscheid, & Walster, 1978; DíazLoving, 1996; Dion, & Dion, 1988; Freud, 1953; Fromm, 1956; Gurung, Sarason, & Sarason, 1997; Heider, 1958; Lamm, Weismann, & Keller, 1998; Rubin, 1973; Shaver, Hazan, & Bradshaw, 1987; Sternberg, 1986). However, research has either been empirically and question driven leaving little space for theoretical models or has been primarily based on intuitive and partial approaches that are not adequate to integrate findings and guide future research. In an attempt to describe the interrelationships of these phenomena among Mexican couples, an empirical structural model, which integrates variables in an ordered and logical fashion, is presented. Based on Díaz-Loving and Sánchez Aragón (2002), a bio-psycho-socio-cultural model was considered to select variables and measures. The first step included the conceptualization and development of valid, reliable and culturally sensitive measures of each construct. At a second stage, the created items were enriched with Mexican inventories of jealousy, couple interaction, and marital satisfaction. The research project was undertaken with 459 Mexico City middle, and lower socio-economic class couples who filled out the extensive self-report questionnaire. The inventory included a section of socio-demographic questions such as sex, age, education, lenght of the relationship, etc. and Díaz-Loving INTERDISCIPLINARIA, 2004, 21,1, 53-70 54 CONFIGURATION AND INTEGRATION OF PSYCHOSOCIAL COMPONENTS IN MEXICAN COUPLE RELATIONS Rolando Díaz-Loving *