Estudos têm predominantemente analisado as organizações familiares já formadas. Tentando trazer a análise a um passo anterior, este estudo investigou a intenção de constituir família, verificando em que medida algumas variáveis psicológicas (valores humanos básicos, auto-imagens independente e interdependente e atitudes frente a relações afetivas estáveis) explicam esta intenção. Participaram 658 universitários com estado civil solteiro, sendo 50,6% do sexo feminino e com idade média de 20 anos. Apenas os valores de orientação social e as atitudes frente a relações afetivas estáveis, especificamente envolvimento e comprometimento, apresentaram correlação com a intenção de constituir família. Adicionalmente, verificou-se que apenas os valores afetividade, religiosidade e estabilidade pessoal predisseram esta intenção. As implicações destes resultados são discutidos e pesquisas futuras sugeridas. Studies have focused predominantly on family organizations that have been previously constituted. Trying to bring the analysis to a previous step, this study analyzed the intention to constitute a family, studying in which extension this intention is explained by psychological variables (basic human values, the independent and interdependent self-construals, and the attitudes toward stable affective relationships). 658 single undergraduate students participated in this study, of which 50.6% were women with a mean age of 20 years. Correlations and regressions analysis were performed. As hypothesized, the importance attributed to social values and attitudes toward stable affective relationships were correlated with the intention of constituting a family. However, neither independent nor interdependent self-construals presented significant correlations. Specifically, three values (affectivity, religiosity and personal stability) appear to be predictors of this intention. The implications of these findings are discussed, and future researches on this thematic are suggested