Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Protocol for a LEVEL UP! Cross-Sectional Survey and Screenshot Elicitation Interview Study

Dane Marco Di Cesare   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Ashley Brooks   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Kaitrin Doll   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Lauren McInroy   ³ , MSW, PhD ;   Ignacio Lozano-Verduzco   ⁴ , PhD ;   Juan Carlos Mendoza-Pérez   ⁵ , PhD ;   Daragh T McDermott   ⁶ , PGCert, CPsychol, PhD ;   Yael Perry   ⁷ , PhD ;   Jason Schaub   ⁸ , PhD ;   Paul Byron   ⁹ , PhD ;   Edward J Alessi   ¹⁰ , PhD, LCSW ;   Shelley Craig   ² , PhD, RSW, LCSW

¹ Department of Educational Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

² Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ School of Social Work, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States

⁴ Ajusco Unit, National Pedagogic University, Mexico City, Mexico

⁵ Department of Public Health/Faculty of Medicine, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

⁶ School of Social Sciences, NTU Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

⁷ The Kids Research Institute Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

⁸ School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol, Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

⁹ School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

¹⁰ School of Social Work, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

*these authors contributed equally