This study aimed to investigate the effects that a specifically tailored goal-setting program would have on two motocross racers in terms of their self-efficacy and motivation, as well as the process of designing this intervention. This case-study approach involved a mixed methods approach, consisting of pre-intervention and post-intervention assessments, interviews, and performance profiles. The tools used include Vealey’s (1986) Competitive Orientation Inventory (COI), Gill and Deeter’s (1988) Sport Orientation Questionnaire (SOQ), performance profiles, and semi-structured interviews. The goal-setting intervention lasted a total of five weeks. The results from the preintervention and post-intervention assessments were compared to determine whether any changes in motivation or self-efficacy occurred during the intervention. For the first participant, significant changes in both motivation and self-efficacy were present in addition to significant changes in competitive orientation. For the second participant, there were no significant changes in either motivation or self-efficacy. However, for the second participant there was also no change in competitive orientation. Findings suggest that the focus and competitive orientation of an athlete have a significant influence on the types of goals set, and consequently on positive changes in motivation, confidence, and self-efficacy. The influence of the competitive orientation in athletes also highlighted the importance of attaining a balance between performance and outcome goal-related activities. It was also discovered through qualitative assessment that this program is suitable for particular groups of athletes such as those who are injured, display an external locus of causality or are otherwise not performing at their prime.

En el presente documento se desarrolló un proyecto sobre el desarrollo de una aplicación para motociclistas en el Perú. Con una presentación innovadora en el rubro textil peruano, donde aún no se ha industrializado las indumentarias adecuadas para los motociclistas. Con esta aplicación se busca ofrecerles a los usuarios de los vehículos motorizados de dos ruedas mayores ofertas y concientizarlos del peligro que es no adquirir las prendas adecuadas para el manejo de motos. Primero, se hablará del estudio de mercado donde se realizó el análisis del público objetivo, los posibles competidores que se encuentran en el mercado actual, se realizó una encuesta para detectar a los clientes potenciales y se plantearon estrategias para ejecutar de manera adecuada y optima el producto. Posteriormente, se realizó un estudio organizativo, Tributario, legal, y el estudio financiero que ayudo a evaluar la viabilidad del proyecto con una proyección a cinco años. Este nos permitió realizar ajustes respecto a los montos de inversión que necesitaran, tanto como los costos, gastos y ganancias. / In the present document a project was developed on the development of an application for motorcyclists in Peru. With an innovative presentation in the Peruvian textile industry, where the appropriate clothing for motorcyclists has not yet been industrialized. The aim of this application is to offer users of motorized two-wheeled vehicles more offers and to make them aware of the danger of not acquiring the right clothing for motorcycle riding. First, we will talk about the market study where the analysis of the target public, the possible competitors that are in the current market, a survey was conducted to detect potential customers and strategies were proposed to properly and optimally execute the product. Subsequently, an organizational, tax, legal and financial study was carried out to help evaluate the viability of the project with a five-year projection. This allowed us to make adjustments regarding the amounts of investment needed, as well as costs, expenses and profits. / Trabajo de investigación

Dans le cadre d'une politique publique presque universelle, la sécurité routière, cette thèse se consacre à une catégorie précise de conducteurs, les motocyclistes. Ceux-ci forment à la fois un groupe distinct d'usagers de la route, objet à ce titre de réglementations spécifiques, et, du moins quand ils sont et se considèrent comme motards, un groupe social. Dans les années 1970, au moment de son institutionnalisation, la politique de sécurité routière rencontre avec ces motards un problème inédit. La moto, disparue durant les années 1960, revient en effet massivement dans les rues avec de nouveaux, et jeunes, utilisateurs. Il lui faut alors inventer une façon de gérer le risque inédit qu'ils représentent, ce qu'elle fera en choisissant, parmi plusieurs options, une politique répressive dont on montrera comment elle a évolué jusqu'à nos jours, en la justifiant à l'aide de considérations morales et d'un appareillage statistique dont on montrera ce qu'il a d'inapproprié, de lacunaire et, parfois, de fictif.S'attaquant à un groupe social décidé à se défendre, cette politique va susciter une opposition organisée qui, au gré des alternances politiques, parviendra à en infléchir plus ou moins le cours, et formera toujours un adversaire avec lequel elle devra composer. Pour traiter un sujet de cet ordre il semble donc pertinent de s'appuyer sur la sociologie interactionniste, d'analyser de façon diachronique cette politique à partir de 1972, de l'étudier à divers échelons, de procéder enfin à des comparaisons diverses, entre États, entre capitales, mais aussi avec une politique publique qui traite de façon fort différente les utilisateurs d'un autre deux-roues, la bicyclette. / This thesis is devoted to an aspect of road safety policy, an almost universal public policy, and to a particular category of drivers, namely motorcyclists. They represent both a distinct road users' group, subject as such to specific regulations, and, at least when there are and do consider themselves as motorcycle riders, a social group. When the French road safety policy was designed, in the early 70's, motorcyclists turned out to be an unexpected problem. After vanishing during the 60's, the motorcycle was back in large numbers with new and young users. The state therefore invented a way of dealing with the unprecedented risk they represented. Among several options, it chose a repressive policy whose evolution we will trace from the 1970s to today. This policy was grounded on moral justifications and strengthened by an inadequate, incomplete and sometimes fictitious statistical body.This policy endangered a social group ready to defend itself, thus creating an organized opposition able to reorientate it partially. To this day, motorcycles remain an opponent the state has to cope with. To deal with this subject, it seems relevant to use the findings of interactionist sociology and to analyse this policy from a diachronic point of view, starting in 1972. We will study this subject at different scales and proceed to various comparisons between countries or capitals. Furthermore, we'll see how it compares to public policy that deals, in a very different manner, with users of another two-wheel vehicle, the bicycle.