When Race Becomes Central: Profiles of Racial Centrality and Mental Health Across Adulthood in the National Survey of American Life
ABSTRACT The National Survey of American Life (NSAL) has advanced the sociology of Black American life, documenting how racism, resilience, and identity shape well-being. Building on this legacy, we examined how racial centrality (i.e., how central being Black is to one’s identity) is associated with depressive symptom...