Psychological violence is defined as any intentional act that harms the psychological stability of a person. In the context of an affective relationship, this phenomenon usually manifests itself in behaviors of verbal abuse, isolation, control, intimidation, threat and emotional abuse. The objective of this research has been to develop a valid and reliable instrument to measure psychological violence during courtship. The method used followed the phases described below: judges for content validity and explorator y and confirmatory factor analysis for construct validity and criterion validity with evidence of concurrence and divergence. The research was developed with a sample of 382 women (61%) and 244 men (39%), with an average age of 17.85 (SD 2.48) belonging to upper and higher secondary education, who would have had a formal partner (courtship). A content validity was obtained with V of Aiken = .91, a composite reliability> .80 in its AFC, as well as GFI of .98 and a CFI of .99. The previous evidences of validity and reliability allow us to recommend the use of the instrument in the approach to psychological violence in couples of young Mexicans.La violencia psicológica es cualquier acto intencional que daña la estabilidad psicológica de una persona dentro de una relación afectiva, se puede identificar en los elementos de: maltrato verbal, aislamiento y control, intimidación o amenaza y abuso emocional. El objetivo es desarrollar un instrumento válido y confiable para medir la violencia psicológica en la pareja; utilizando un método secuencial derivativo en distintas fases: jueceo de ítems para obtención de validez de contenido, posteriormente los análisis factoriales exploratorio y confirmatorio, se presenta la validez divergente. Muestra: 382 mujeres (61%) y 244 hombres (39%), de 17.85 DE 2.48 pertenecientes a educación media superior y superior que hubiesen tenido una pareja. Se obtuvo de resultados V de Aiken.91. una máxima confiabilidad por encima de .89 en su AFC, así como GFI de .991 y un AGFI de .959. Se presenta un instrumento válido y confiable para abordar la violencia psicológica en parejas de población joven mexicana.